Bruce Dickinson was asked about the new wave of space tourism among billionaires, a topic that came to the forefront last year thanks to the race between Jeffrey Bezos, Elon Musk , and Richard Branson to take passengers for a spin off the planet.
Passionate about aviation, one might imagine that the Iron Maiden would be enthusiastic about the idea, but that's not the case. “The space tourism element is the least important thing for humanity in the world. Honestly, people say, 'Oh, wouldn't you like to stand on top of a rocket and spend a quarter of a million or half a million dollars – whatever they pay – for it?' Well, no, because you're basically paying for your own freight. You just float around thinking, 'Oh yeah, that's cool,' and that's not doing anything,” he said in an interview with Loudwire .
In Dickinson's view, this type of investment is simply not justified by the lack of collective return. “I can think of many more interesting and useful things to spend money on instead of just floating around looking at the Blue Marble. There are many things wrong down here that need fixing. Space is very important, yes, but I believe that special tourists are the least important part of all this,” he concluded.
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