“I think that ultimately is what sold it for me — that really is quite crucial to be focusing on this [planet] rather than giving up and heading out into space to try and think of solutions for the future,” Prince William told BBC Thursday morning.

However, Shatner, who had an emotional reaction upon returning to Earth on the Blue Origin this week, said the trip held a different meaning and hopefully inspired ways to protect the planet.

“The idea here is not to go, ‘Yeah, look at me. I’m in space.’ The landing that consumed all that … energy and people to take a look and go, ‘Oh, look at that.’ No,” Shatner told ET. “I would tell the prince, and I hope the prince gets the message, this is a baby step into the idea of getting industry up there, so that all those polluting industries, especially, for example, the industries that make electricity … off of Earth.”

“We’ve got all the technology, the rockets, to send the things up there … You can build a base 250, 280 miles above the Earth and send that power down here, and they catch it, and they then use it, and it’s there,” he added. “All it needs is … somebody as rich as Jeff Bezos [to say], ‘Let’s go up there.’ “

The British royal also said that billionaires and political leaders should address other issues on Earth, to which Shatner said he “of course” agreed, but that it shouldn’t stop space tourism.

“So fix some of the stuff down here,” Shatner said. “But we can curl your hair and put lotion on your face at the same time.”