While millions of people around the world are struggling to afford basic necessities, the super-rich and their friends are joy riding into space that cost tens of millions of dollars.
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While millions of people around the world are struggling to afford basic necessities like food, healthcare, and shelter, and nature destruction skyrockets, the Blue Origin company, founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, has been launching super-rich people and their friends into space on joy rides that cost tens of millions of dollars.
Super-rich can spend these vast amounts of money for a few minutes in space just to realise “we need to protect Mother Earth” feels incredibly out of touch. © Greenpeace
At a time when the world is facing growing economic inequality and extreme impacts of the climate crisis, the idea that the super-rich can spend these vast amounts of money for a few minutes in space just to realise “we need to protect Mother Earth” feels incredibly out of touch. The inequality and climate impact gap between the super-rich and the rest of us is widening, and space joyrides are the epitome of it.
