Britain's Prince William takes veiled swipe at the billionaires embroiled in a space tourism race, saying the world's greatest brains should instead be focused on solving the environmental problems
During a BBC interview aired on Thursday, William appeared to criticise Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, Elon Musk and Briton Richard Branson, whose rival ventures are all vying to usher in a new era of private commercial space travel.
His comments come after Musk has spoken about missions to Mars, and Bezos described his inaugural space flight in July as part of building a road to space "so that our kids and their kids can build a future". Speaking out on green issues has become a major feature of the British royal family, and William, 39, is following in the footsteps of his late grandfather Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's husband, and his father, Prince Charles.Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge visits to officially open The Balfour, Orkney Hospital in Kirkwall, Scotland, Britain May 25, 2021.
"But it shouldn't be that there's a third generation now coming along having to ramp it up even more. For me, it would be an absolute disaster if George is sat here ... in like 30 years' time whatever, still saying the same thing, because by then we will be too late."
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