Prince William is critical of the space flights of Musk, Bezos & Co.: In a BBC interview, he calls for environmental protection to be considered instead.
London - a prince on his way to the stars? In any case, the British heir to the throne William would not want to undertake such a trip. The fact that space tourism is on everyone's lips around the world thanks to Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk & Co. seems to leave the Duke of Cambridge warmly cold. In an interview with Adam Fleming from the BBC, the 39-year-old made it clear on Thursday (14.10.21) that he did not want to leave the earth in the foreseeable future. Prince William told the journalist that he was "absolutely not interested" in a flight into space.
The reason for the question was William Shatner's promotional excursion into space.
The 90-year-old actor, best known as Captain Kirk from Star Trek, made a detour into space on Wednesday (October 13th, 2021) amid great media hype.
As a civilian passenger, he traveled ten minutes into orbit in a space capsule from the Blue Origins company, behind which Amazon boss and multi-billionaire Jeff Bezos is, and is now considered to be the oldest person to have ever been in space.
Prince William is extremely critical of space tourism like this one.
Prince William: Flights into space are another burden on our climate
Instead of pushing their space race, entrepreneurs like Bezos should try to save the earth, so the conviction of Prince William.
With a view to climate change, he told the BBC, "The world's smartest minds should focus on fixing this planet rather than trying to find the next place to go to live." Space tourism itself is also a threat to the climate: after all, the fundamental question of the CO2 costs of missile trips has not been clarified.
Prince William is committed to climate protection
William, currently number two in the British line of succession, has long been committed to climate protection.
Together with the BBC documentary filmmaker David Attenborough, he has awarded a prize for the best ideas on climate and environmental protection.
The five winners of the "Earthshot Prize" are to be announced in a ceremony in October.
He has been inspired to his environmental commitment since father Prince Charles, explained the royal celebrity in the BBC.
He had already talked about climate change "before anyone else thought it was an issue".
