During a BBC interview aired on Thursday, William appeared to criticize 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.
"We need to do that to solve the problems here on Earth," said Bezos, who on Wednesday celebrated sending Star Trek actor William Shatner into space in his New Shepard spacecraft. Charles, the 72-year-old heir to the throne, has for decades called for action to stop climate change and environmental damage, long before the issue became mainstream, often facing ridicule along the way.
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I presume the prince is aware of the thousands of conveniences we all enjoy come from space exploration
I'm not surprised, why do you think your in this bloody mess, Cause you didn't listen, so when it falls, you have no one to blame but yourselves!!!
I agree with Prince William about saving the environment first. Space travel will only benefit a few buy saving the planet will benefit millions.
Ok. Donate all of your wealth to help climate change. Get out of your bubble.
PRINCE WILLIAM; GOOD FOR YOU!👍👍
Absolutely Agree. Musk and Bezos are doing it all for profit and fame. Don't care about our planet.
I agree with Prince William.Why can't this Billionaires get together and help/do something on focusing on saving our own Home.Mother Earth.Or instead donates that money to poor countries.Thank you
His brother bullies a 95 year old woman. Let the man have an opinion.
Right bezos had his fun now its time to fix some real problems
Hes absolutely right. These private space ventures will not advance any technology, as they're only using already proven technology. And if by chance they do innovate something, they're going to Patent it and sue anyone who uses it for the next couple hundred years.
100%. It’s a waste of money this day and age.
I hope Canadian taxpayers are not paying for all this “Royalty”. I don’t want to live in the UK/England (too cold, small, etc) but even if I did their immigration laws prevent it. Hope Canada is not paying for these people.
Best thing he’s ever said.
I agree w/ him.These rich businessmen who are now into Space tourism are all smart & probably can check our planet to see what can be done to save it.Are they coming up w/ huge aircrafts to accommodate more passengers?One even wants to bring people to Mars & open a factory there.
I agree
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He doesn’t get it
eat my black balls
Have to agree - diving the Reef off TurksCaicos it’s deteriorating so much soon there’ll be no aquatic life left. UNEP PADI padiaware sandalsfdn
Good plan… 🌎 🔥 💦 🌀 🌬 ❄️ ⛈ 🗑 put the cash to giving back! Save the earth….🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎
He’s not wrong - They could be solving our major problems instead of contributing to them. Rich people have a larger carbon footprint and waste more than poor people who can’t afford cars, shopping, vacations, and countless other things. Time for change
There’s a difference between great minds and rich white folks
Agree 🇨🇦
tim2Honley Maybe prince William should think about getting a real job.
Just imagine for moment if 4 billionaires teamed up to tackle poverty and climate change..they could justify not paying taxes..just saying
Funny that we are to make changes for climate change. Yet, the rich can add to the depletion of the ozone with space travel. It’s a different set of rules for the average schmo. The world is run by money, the mind altering media and trend setting entertainment industry.
British people please take him back
They’ve already invented nuclear power.
Best thing he’s ever said.
Wealthy Humans best have a backup plan....space.
Completely agree.
Isn't space travel adding to the 'climate' problems? 🤔
Hear me out, maybe it was the billionaires who used propaganda to demonize the fossil fuel industry in order to hoard all the fossil fuels for themselves and their space travel.
Totally agree. So much to fix here on Earth.
Unless they put treadeau on a rocket 🚀
Exactly, put the billions onto saving our planet!
And he couldn't be more wrong. I'm not sure he's aware of all the social, economic, health, medical, agricultural and environmental developments directly attributable to space advancement
Absolutely.
The prince should get a job and stop living off grammas blood money!
Our own planet should always come first. Its the only home we got
Prince William is absolutely right because he knows no matter who goes up in orbit has to come back down to mother earth once again. We've to look after her first.
Great minds and money
Space travel helps us understand the importance of saving earth
I think we can do both. We're not facing a lack of resources, just they're distributed in a completely defective way. By keeping the majority of population in poverty we suppress brilliant minds who'd never have a real chance to express themselves. But Bezos can buy another yacht
Thanks Will...
Totally brain dead and confused….
Great minds would realize that focusing on space travel will save earth by expanding our understanding of the universe.
Is someone a little jealous?
Billionaires gave more to charity than we all did to ‘fix’ problems
Great minds focus on all sorts of things and should.
Climate lockdowns coming
Said the prince who has servants commuting to work to dress him up in the morning. KensingtonRoyal
Rich person’s Canada’s wonderland
one day a lottery ticket for a flight into space will allow the poor to make the trip
Long live the King
Why can't both be done? Space is where many great things have been discovered.
Right now, discretionary space travel is an egregious example of privilege, available only to an infinitesimally small percentage. The only positive for the rest of us great unwashed is that we can participate vicariously when the few share their honest impressions.
And what Prince William said would matter to me if he himself was one of Earth's great minds.
What if one is important to being able to do the other? Space technology is key to monitoring climate and so many other things.
finally, I have no idea why everyone is getting a hard on over a 90 year old in space travel I'm positive that there is more important world economics to report than this f***'n nonsense
Prince William is right. When you think about it...these billionaires seeking their next space residency are the ones who got rich by destroying the earth with garbage that Amazon sells and carbon footprints of Virgin. They should brainstorm on fixing the mess they got rich off
Yeah, but the people going up into space *aren't* great minds, they're exploitative minds. Most of them are just wealth hoarders... It's all selfish, and it's all ego.
There is room for both and as I age, I really enjoyed seeing my childhood superhero at 90 going into space. His reaction was inspirational.
100% agreed.
Why not do both, one does not have to exclude the other.
Typical last century royal! By seeing our blue Earth from space really shows how fragile our atmosphere is and that it is the only thing keeping us all from dying. Advancements from space travel benefit all and Rockets actually cool our atmosphere.
Excellent point!
Great minds know that the earth is fine. They don’t read MSM and listen to celebrities (that is what the Royal Dysfunctional Family has become) like Leo and you.
I concur! Your Highness! But! It's too late to save our MOTHER EARTH! Lacking in world Statesman ship & political will: Brought the Nature's wrath on humans & environments in the world! Environment: SPIC & SPAN:
Agreed.
True
we need focus on the both matters so we get upper hand when competition inflame the whole earth.
one day loto-Québec will draw a prize a flight in space the poor will be able to go to space
if it doesn't work, can we rich people escape into space
Ya I don’t get the space thing either.. just a billionaire thing. Let’s fix problems down here like world hunger, finding and funding research for cures to diseases.. just an idea 🤷♀️
100%
space is for royals only
We have a great space ship it’s called earth we should pay attention to the numerous alarms going off for sure.
This is now the rich new play ground they look down on the people and go suckers.
But how will they flaunt their wealth and lord over the masses without the ability to fly to space in giant phallic objects?
Says the guy who's been living in the lap of luxury since day 1. Why not get rid of the monarchy and use that money to save people here on earth?
Who?
Shouldn’t he be helping his Pedophile Uncle Prince Epstein slash Andrew!?
He is right
This, I agree with.
Space travel IS saving earth
Thanks tips, humankind can walk and chew gum at the same time.
Says the man who’s family raped and pillages millions of people for hundreds of years, maybe they can donate all that money to climate change initiatives
The earth will be fine. It’s been here 4.5 billion years and will probably be around awhile more…
Arguably, the worlds greatest polluter of non regulated packaging and transport garbage now sending his phallic symbol into the air for even more pollution, seems obscene to this Twitter Associate in more ways than many. Thank you Prince William for bringing this thought forward.
He’s just jealous cause he is not allowed to spend the peoples money the way he wants…
Truth!!
I bet his brother will go to space!!!
Great minds can do both.
Lets start by returning all the wealth stolen by the crown from the colonies of British Empire
Agree! and crashing through a fragile atmosphere is not a way to do it
Ok, Prince? How the hell is they news?
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