Brian May Talks About Earth Damage Due To Human Hands

JAKARTA - In a new interview with Sky News, Queen guitarist Brian May, who has a PhD degree in astrophysics, responded to his comments four years ago in a video he made for the European Space Agency (ESA).

He argues that humans should not venture into space before they behave well on their own planet.

Asked about the fact that scientists from two global climate authorities reported that before July ended would be the hottest on Earth, May said.

"Well, I think now it's pretty clear that we have an impact on Earth, which is destructive, and we have to stop doing what we're doing," May started.

"It's not just about climate change; it's about how we pollute the Earth and cover it with concrete and basically pretty much removes all species except what we think is useful to us," he continued.

"So I think we need a very big philosophy change in the way we treat other creatures that share with us on this planet."

"So I said [that about humans need to sort out how they behave on their own planet first] at one of the Starmus conventions [the global festival of communications science and art], and I said in front of a number of men who had walked on the moon, were very nervous. But they all appeared after that and said, 'You really said that, Brian. We have to behave better on our own planet before we leave our mark in the rest of the cosmos.'"

May has just released a 3D photobook of a near-Earth asteroid Bennu based on images collected by NASA's OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft, which took samples from space rocks in October 2020.

The 76-year-old rock legend collaborated in making the book with OSIRIS-REx (abbreviation of "Orgins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer") lead investigator and planetary scientist Dante Lauretta.