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UAE to send first Arab spaceship to Mars by 2021

Good luck with the Maths....................... engines................... and an endless list..................

This is how it's going to happen......

1. Russia will build the launch platform
2. Russian scientists will be hired to help with the "maths" / metallurgy......
3. Yanks will do rest of the physics....
4. UK will 'help' with paperwork.....

Space isn't some construction company.............

If UAE can do all of it on its own........... I'll cut off my favorite appendage................ :D


Do UAE have any launch platforms or experience in developing and launching it's own satellites?

Good luck though. :)
 
July 16, 2014

UAE launches space quest for Mars

The 60 million kilometre journey will take nine months to complete

When a new UAE space probe blasts off toward the red planet Mars in 2021, it will mark the first entry into space exploration by an Islamic country, said President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The UAE space agency will also be created to supervise the mission and coordinate the country’s growing space technology, it was announced on Wednesday.

Shaikh Khalifa said the mission will help build Emirati technical and intellectual capabilities, and enhance the country’s development plans.

“The UAE Mars probe represents the Islamic world’s entry into the era of space exploration. We will prove that we are capable of delivering new scientific contributions to humanity,”

Sending a space probe to Mars will make the UAE the first Arab country and one of only nine countries with space programmes to explore Mars.

The 60 million kilometre journey, which will take nine months to complete, will coincide with the 50th anniversary of the UAE’s formation.

“We chose the epic challenge of reaching Mars because epic challenges inspire us and motivate us. The moment we stop taking on such challenges is the moment we stop moving forward,” said His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice- President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. The mission will be led by Emiratis to expand the nation’s human capital through knowledge transfer from international partners. It will also increase human knowledge about space exploration and distant planets.

The UAE’s investments in space technologies already exceed Dh20 billion, including satellite data and TV broadcast company, Al Yah Satellite Communications, mobile satellite communication company, Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications and Earth mapping and observation system, Dubai Sat.

Shaikh Mohammad said the UAE Space Agency would be responsible for supervising and organizing all such activities, developing the sector, ensuring knowledge transfer, enhancing the UAE’s position as a global player in aerospace, and maximising the contribution of space industries to the national economy. The agency will report to the cabinet and enjoy financial and administrative independence.

Globally, space technologies are becoming increasingly important to the security and economy of nations, in many cases backed by massive national programmes and establishments.

The sector is integral to many aspects of life from telecommunications and navigation to broadcasting and monitoring of weather and natural disasters.

The industry is estimated to be worth around $300 billion (Dh1,101 billion) globally and growing by around 8 per cent annually.

“We aim for the UAE to be among the top countries in the field of aerospace by 2021. We have a great belief in Allah and in the talents of our young people. We have the strongest determination, the greatest ambitions, and a clear plan to reach our targets,” Shaikh Khalifa said.

UAE launches space quest for Mars | GulfNews.com
 
7 years is barely enough to build a well designed car, let alone sending something to Mars.

Remember it is a step wise process.

You build someting that goes up few miles and splashes back down

Then you learn to send something 20 miles, then 50, then LEO, then HEO, then Moon, then Mars.

Each of these steps take about 2-3 years. so the total time needed is around 20+ years of hard work.

Off course one can buy a plane from Airbus and put the local flag on it. but that should not result in a statement "i build the aribus",

Or this is the plane built by "Arab wold" or Muslim world, or Martian world.


Please do not get duped by such statements.

I dont think they are focusing on launch vehicles, at all, from what I've read (just wikipedia) they've launched 2 satellites using the Russian vehicles, and will mostly be using them or other agencies to deliver them, so what they will be concentrating on is the actual lander/probe and not the launchers.

From that perspective lets say they send an observation probe/lander to the moon, as practice within the next 3-4 years, they can gamble with the 2020 window for a mars launch. It is still very ambitious, and chancey, but you've gotta take chances.
 
Related thread: Just read the comments in it and then read this news

KSA and UAE's Space education

Politics aside and no matter to which political party you affiliate with, when will the day come when Pakistan’s own funds and resources are used for the best of the common man and the nation and be a country giving aid to other countries. Given the size of population and the resources it is not impossible but I’am extremely proud to say that Pakistan lacks a leader to lead the nation to great heights.
 
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Useless comment. Especially as it is coming form an Azeri, LOL.

The space industry as we know it is already well-devoloped and was invented in the West. All countries that have followed since have not added anything new on that front on a large scale. They have just built on already existing knowledge. For UAE to join that club with it's population is a great thing and obviously locals will be involved.

Quit trolling this section. We don't tend to have many of your likes otherwise.

what you said is not really relevant to what I said
and I am not trolling
anyone of course other than an arab himself knows they will just put the cash forward and foreigners will do the work

put your nationalism aside and use your brain
 
what you said is not really relevant to what I said
and I am not trolling
anyone of course other than an arab himself knows they will just put the cash forward and foreigners will do the work

put your nationalism aside and use your brain

Quit trolling when you are living in a much bigger glasshouse.

UAE is 1 Arab country out of over 20. It only speaks for itself.

Of course foreigners will be involved like they are involved EVERYWHERE else by large outside of the US and Russia.

That does not change the fact that many locals will be involved and that the aim is to have an indigenous system at the end of the day where most or at least very large parts of the workforce will be made up by highly skilled locals.

KSA and UAE's Space education

Use your brain for once and realize that UAE's native population is about 1.5 million big! This naturally creates certain limitations.
 
not offence to UAE but is stupid to send unmanned probe to Mars by 2021 because Mars One (nonprofit organization) plans to establish a permanent human colony on Mars by 2025 so what to explore in 2021 is already explored
and as Tunisian i m happy for UAE
 
not offence to UAE but is stupid to send unmanned probe to Mars by 2021 because Mars One (nonprofit organization) plans to establish a permanent human colony on Mars by 2025 so what to explore in 2021 is already explored
and as Tunisian i m happy for UAE
Even a human landing on mars by 2025 would be a big achievement, formation of colonies and so on is a long time away. Even a human colony, or even a temporary lab on the moon would be quite hard.
 

Mars One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mars One has received a variety of criticism, mostly relating to medical,[97] technical and financial feasibility.

Chris Welch, director of Masters Programs at the International Space University, has said "Even ignoring the potential mismatch between the project income and its costs and questions about its longer-term viability, the Mars One proposal does not demonstrate a sufficiently deep understanding of the problems to give real confidence that the project would be able to meet its very ambitious schedule."[98]

Space tourist Richard Garriott stated in response to Mars One, "Many have interesting viable starting plans. Few raise the money to be able to pull it off."[99]

Robert Zubrin, advocate for manned Martian exploration, said "I don't think the business plan closes it. We're going to go to Mars, we need a billion dollars, and we're going to make up the revenue with advertising and media rights and so on. You might be able to make up some of the money that way, but I don't think that anyone who is interested in making money is going to invest on that basis — invest in this really risky proposition, and if you're lucky you'll break even? That doesn't fly."[100] Despite his criticisms of some of the elements of Mars One, Zubrin became an advisor to Mars One on October 10, 2013.[80]

Many have also criticized the project's US$6 billion budget as being far too low to successfully transport humans to Mars. A similar project study by NASA estimated the cost of such a feat at US$100 billion. Objections have also been raised regarding the reality TV project associated with the expedition. Given the transient nature of most reality TV ventures, many believe that as viewership declines, funding could significantly decrease thereby harming the entire expedition.[101]

Wired magazine gave it a plausibility score of 2 out of 10 as part of their 2012 Most Audacious Private Space Exploration Plans.[102]

In January 2014, German former astronaut Ulrich Walter strongly criticised the project for ethical reasons. Speaking with Berlin's Tagesspiegel, he estimated the probability of reaching Mars alive at only thirty percent, and that of surviving there more than three months at less than twenty percent. He said, "They make their money with that [TV] show. They don't care what happens to those people in space... If my tax money were used for such a mission, I would organise a protest."[103]

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin in an interview said that he wants to see humans on Mars by 2035, but he does not think the nonprofit organization Mars One will be the first to achieve it.[104]
Pretty much covers stuff I wanted to say.
Yes there exists a remote possibility that these guys might succeed, but mocking UAE's mars project, based on this project is just not right.
 
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Yes there exists a remote possibility that these guys might succeed, but mocking UAE's mars project, based on this project is just not right.


We have habit. It's a constant (Visceral hatred) against all Arabs golf (GCC).

We wonder why we're here (PDF) ?

When we do nothing. Why ? When we do something. Why ? As if we were responsible worldwide. It's totally schizophrenic...


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The title should have been: Uae to sponsor first arab spaceship
Space programs are a matter of prestige and glory in the field of science, and represent scientific development and capability of a country. Uae and arabs ka in se dooor dooor se koi wasta nai.
 
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