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William Shatner, who this week became the oldest person to travel to the edge of the cosmos on Jeff Bezos’ rocket, has blasted Prince William for boldly going off on space tourism.
The Duke of Cambridge made his disparaging comments when he spoke to the BBC about his initiative to “repair our planet.”
“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 and live,” the future monarch said.
Shatner, 90, who famously played Captain Kirk in the original “Star Trek” TV series, fired back at the royal — albeit diplomatically.
“He’s a lovely Englishman. He’s going to be king of England one day,” Shatner told Entertainment Tonight. “He’s a lovely, gentle, educated man, but he’s got the wrong idea.”
Blue Origin vice president of mission and flight operations Audrey Powers (L) walks with Star Trek actor William Shatner to a media availability on the landing pad of Blue Origin’s New Shepard after they flew into space on October 13, 2021 near Van Horn, Texas. Shatner became the oldest person to fly into space on the ten minute flight. They flew aboard mission NS-18, the second human spaceflight for the company which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
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The prince told the BBC that “it really is quite crucial to be focusing on this [planet] rather than giving up and heading out into space to try and think of solutions for the future.”
He added that he has “absolutely no interest” in going to space, mostly because there’s a “fundamental question” over the carbon cost of spaceflights.
Shatner, who traveled to the edge of space along with three other passengers aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-18, told the outlet that the brief hop was really about protecting our planet as opposed to finding another spot for humanity.
“The idea here is not to go, ‘Yeah, look at me….
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