Hamdan bin Mohammed shares five reasons why UAE is going to Mars

Hamdan bin Mohammed shares five reasons why UAE is going to Mars

(WAM) - Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, Chairman of Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre and the General Supervisor of the Hope Probe, H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, tweeted a video outlining five major points why the UAE is going to Mars.

Sheikh Hamdan started by explaining space programmes are the gateway to science and talent development; and the Emirates Mars Mission Hope Probe will position the UAE at the forefront of the Arab scientific movement.

The Arab world's first interplanetary mission was developed by a team of 200 Emirati engineers who worked for a total of 5.5 million hours to build what is touted as the first weather satellite to orbit Mars

"There's no future without science and no future without knowledge. We are going to Mars because we want to solidify a principle for our youth that the impossible is possible for the UAE and the people of the UAE,“ Sheikh Hamdan continued.

He further explained: "When we are determined, we execute. When we dream, we make our dreams come true Our journey to Mars is a message of hope to all Arabs that we can compete with the world in science and technology. The