>>> TOMORROW ANOTHER BILLION
NARP IS PAYBILLIONARE
IS PAYING HIS WAY INTO SPACE ON
HIS OWN ROCKET.
WHAT ARE WE TO MAKE OF IT.
WE HAVE NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON TO
HELP US THINK IT THROUGH.
RICH PEOPLE SHAPE MANY OF THESE
KEY DECISIONS.
RIGHT NOW, THIS CURRENT SPACE
RACE IS WITHIN A RAGING PANDEMIC
AND A LOT OF INEQUALITY AND ITS
DRAWING UNUSUALLY INTENSE
BACKLASH.
THERE ARE MEMES JOKING ABOUT HOW
OUT OF TOUCH IT LOOKS.
THERE ARE LAWMAKERS RAISING
INEQUALITY.
THEY ARE HORDING WEALTH AS THEY
LAUNCH THEMSELVES INTO SPACE.
IT LOOKS LIKE BILLIONAIRES
MAKING FORTUNES OFF OF COMPANIES
WITH MASSIVE CLIMATE FOOTPRINT
AND USE THE MONEY TO ESCAPE THE
BURNING PLANET.
AMIDST ALL OF THIS ONE ONLINE
PETITION IS JUST SAYING, MAYBE
BEZOS SHOULDNT BE ALLOWED TO
RETURN TO EARTH.
OVER 160,000 PEOPLE SIGNED THAT.
WHATS GOING ON HERE.
PART IS DUE TO SENSE THAT THINGS
ARE NOT GOOD HERE ON EARTH.
SPECIFICALLY, RIGHT NOW.
EUROPE IS UNDER WATER.
MANY PARTICIPANT OF THE WORLD
ARE ON FIRE.
THE CLIMATE CRISIS RAGES, COVID
SURGING.
PEOPLE ARE POOR AND WITHOUT
FOOD.
JEFF BEZOS HAS GOTTEN RICHER
THAN EVER.
HIS TOTAL WEALTH GROWING OVER
$90 BILLION DURING THE PANDEMIC.
THE BILLIONAIRES CAN LIVE IN
THEIR OWN BUBBLE, THEY DONT
HAVE TO RESPOND TO ANYONE IN
POLITICS OR JOURNALISM.
THEY DONT HAVE TO TAKE
INTERVIEW REQUESTS.
HE DID SEE THE NEED TO SPEAK
OUT.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> ARE ARE CRITICS WHO SAY RICH
GUYS ON A JOYRIDE.
WHAT WILL COME OUT OF THIS.
>> PEOPLE SAY, WE HAVE SO MANY
PROBLEMS HERE ON EARTH AND THEY
ARE RIGHT.
WE NEED TO DO BOTH.
WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE BOTH.
WE NEED FOCUS ON THE HERE AND
NOW AND LOOK TO THE FUTURE.
>> THATS HIS ANSWER TO WHAT HE
SAYS HES DOING.
THERES A LARGER HISTORY HERE BE
THERE WAS A LOT OF TURMOIL
DURING THE 1960s OVER MANY
ISSUES AND PEOPLE DID QUESTION
WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE
SPENDING SO MUCH ON SPACE GIVEN
THE PROBLEMS ON EARTH.
>> WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> EVERYBODY THATS INVOLVED
WITH THE MOON LANDING AND
ASTRONAUTS, ITS BEAUTIFUL.
I COULDNT CARE LESS.
>> THIS MEANS MORE TO YOU THAN
THAT.
>> MUCH MORE.
CASH THEY WASTED TO GETTING TO
THE MOON.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN USED FEED
POOR BLACK PEOPLE IN HARLEM AND
ALL OVER THE PLACE.
>> ITS WASTE OF MONEY.
>> PEOPLE ARE GOING HUNGRY ALL
OVER THE UNITED STATES.
>> THEN AS NOW, THESE ETHICAL
ISSUES ECHO.
THATS A CLIP FROM SUMMER OF
SOUL, A DOCUMENTARY BY QUEST
LOVE WHO WORKS ON OUR SISTER
CHANNEL, NBC AND EXPLORES HOW
PEOPLE AT A HARLEM MUSIC
FESTIVAL DEALT WITH DEBATES OVER
SPENDING MONEY ON APOLLO 11.
>> A RAT DONE BIT MY SISTER WITH
WHITEY ON THE MOON.
HER FACE AND ARMS BEGAN TO SWELL
AND WHITEYS ON THE MOON.
I CANT PAY NO DOCTOR BILL BUT
WHITEYS ON THE MOON.
TEN YEARS FROM NOW ILL BE
PAYING STILL WHILE WHITEYS ON
THE MOON.
YOU KNOW THE MAN JUST UPPED MY
RENT LAST NIGHT BECAUSE WHITEYS
ON THE MOON.
NO HOT WATER, NO TOILETS AND
LITE
LIGHTS BUT WHITEYS ON THE MOON.
>> THERES NOTHING ABOUT
DEBATING AND REALLY SCRUTINIZING
WHERE OUR MONEY GOIZES IN A WORL
OF HEARTBREAKING INEQUALITY AND WHETHER THE MONEY IS GOING TO
WHETHER THE MONEY IS GOING TO
THE RIGHT PLACES.
THATS ALSO TRICKY.
BILLIONAIRES SEEM PLEASED TO
BUILD AND THEN HOARD WEALTH.
THERES NO CAUSE TO EXPECT THEM
TO DEMOCRATIZE SPACE ANYONE THAN
THATS DEMOCRATIZE PROSPERITY.
YOU ALSO HAVE TO ASK WHAT DOES
IT MEAN WHEN BUSINESS PEOPLE SAY
THEYRE DOING IT BY THEMSELVES.
THERES A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT
THE ULTRA WEALTHY ARE REALLY
SPENDING.
BEZOS ISNT PAYING HIS FAIR
SHARE.
HE DODGED INCOME TAXES OVER
SEVERAL YEARS DESPITE BECOMING
THE RICHEST PERSON ON EARTH AND
MANY OF THE PROGRAMS WHILE
PRIVATE ARE STILL SUBSIDIZED
THROUGH OUR MODEL OF CAPITALISM.
220 MILLION DOLLARS OF TAXPAYER
MONEY BILL RICHARD BRANSON SPACE
PORT IN NEW MEXICO.
HE WILL BLAST INTO SPACE AND
THERES A PRIVATE AGE OF SPACE
TRAVEL WHERE REALLY RICH PEOPLE
COULD SEE THIS VIEW THAT YOURE
LOOKING AT WITH THEIR OWN EYES.
IT RAISES THIS LARGER QUESTION
ALL THE WAY BACK TO GILL SCOTT
WHETHER THE VIEW UP THERE WITH
CAPTURE THE WAY THE SUPER RICH