Abu Dhabi: The UAE’s Mars 2117 project, which will see Emirati settlement on Mars within 100 years, will help solve many crucial problems like scarcity of water and food on earth, a senior official said in an interview with Gulf News on Sunday.
The new project will be associated with research themes featuring the exploration of transportation means, energy and food on Mars.
The research to meet such challenges on Mars as part of Mars 2117 project will help solve similar problems in the region, the official said.
You do research on space and find solutions to problems on earth.
This is very similar to what India, a developing nation making big progress in the space sector, is doing.
Dr Ahmad Abdullah Belhoul Al Falasi said the UAE Space Agency has become the largest agency in the region to oversee a modern space programme.
Dr Mohammad Al Ahbabi, Director General of the UAE Space Agency, said the stamp highlighted the UAE’s ambitions towards Mars by detailing the Hope Probe, which has spearheaded national space exploration programmes.
The agency also launched a new website, with a modern, interactive and user-friendly design that highlights its various missions and departments.
Collaboration UAE to have collaboration with almost all global agencies by this year The UAE Space Agency will establish official collaboration with all prominent space agencies across the world by the end of this year, a senior official told Gulf News in an interview on Sunday.
Over the past three years, the agency has developed laws and regulations governing the national space sector.