actor William Shatner told NBC News on Monday that there’s no point in going into space if we “can’t come back” to Earth due to the
Barrett asked Shatner about the concern of tackling climate change on Earth “rather than going out and exploring space.” Barrett: “But also made a climate connection, that I think’s important to point out here. I asked him about people that are concerned, you know, shouldn’t… He continued, “I mean, there’s a — but you have to have a focus on the most important part, which is staying alive. I mean, what’s the point of going into space, you can’t come back and you are overcome by the fumes. No — we are in a dire situation.”
“We’ve got to do both. We’ve got to clean up the environment and our curiosity and our ambition,” the television star added in a sit-down interview.“So, that’s just something to think about. We also talked about how this is going to be such an emotional, unifying experience as thousands of people all look up to the sky at the same time,” she said.