Britain's Prince William says "greatest brains" should focus on saving Earth, not "space tourism"
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London — Britain's Prince William has said that the brightest people in the world should focus on keeping Earth a livable planet in the future, not on space tourism. The prince's remark was released as an excerpt from an environmentally-focused interview with the BBC one day after actor William Shatner went to space on Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin capsule.
"We've seen everyone trying to get space tourism going. … We need some of the world's greatest brains and minds fixed on trying to repair this planet, not trying to find the next place to go live," William, who is second in line to the British throne, says in the clip.
Bezos' fellow entrepreneurs and billionaires Elon Musk and Richard Branson have also been building businesses to send private citizens into space.
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