Star Trek 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 environment.
NBC‘s Maura Barrett pressed Shatner with a climate change question on Monday during a television interview about the solar eclipse.
Barrett asked Shatner about the concern of tackling climate change on Earth “rather than going out and exploring space.”
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“Well, you can do both,” Shatner said to Barrett.
