EALING: While the United States and Russia may have been the first to explore Mars, a new set of space-bound countries have decided to try their luck in uncovering the secrets of the red planet. The latest one is the Middle Eastern nation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
In an announcement made last week, officials from the UAE Space Agency presented the blueprints of their planned mission to Mars which is scheduled for July 2020.
The UAE’s primary goal for the space mission is to secure its place as one of the great benefactor nations who have contributed to global space technology and planetary science.
The Arab state plans to become a key player in the growing space industry that amounts to about $300 billion a year.
“Arab civilization once played a great role in contributing to human knowledge, and will play that role again,” Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai said.
“[The] Emirates Mars Mission proves that nothing is impossible, that Arabs can compete with the greatest of nations in the race of knowledge.”
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