UAE will look for the stars to build glory: Shaikh Mohammed
His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai has said that "following in the footsteps of our great-grandfathers we have great dreams and ambitions which start from the sky and we will look again for the stars to build our glory".
In his preface to his book on the UAE Project to Explore Mars Shaikh Mohammed writes: "On December 2 1971 the first man-made spaceship in the history landed on Mars which marked the beginning of a new scientific era in the history of mankind. On the same day our forefathers at the Union House announced the establishment of the UAE to kick off a different march which aimed to build the Emirati nation.
"After only 50 years in 2021 the two marches will meet at a point 60 million kilometres away from us where Emirati nationals will add to the march of human knowledge a new impetus with an Arab imprint."
The book titled "Hope Probe and the UAE Project to Explore Mars" includes the various stages of the project and the reason behind the UAE's decision to launch this project. Shaikh Mohammed's introduction also discusses the history of the exploration of Mars as well as the benefits to humanity of the exploration of the planet.
Shaikh Mohammed congratulated everyone associated with the programme.
"In a march that extended for 1000 years the Arab and Islamic civilisation led the world to new horizons of knowledge and opened up new routes for humanity as well as developing for the sake of humanity amazing theories and inventions. Our great-grandfathers explored the stars and seas as explorers traders and scientists to build their glorious civilisation. Today we resume our mission to explore the stars so as to build the future of our generations" he said.
The book provides a comprehensive national reference of the UAE's innovative project to explore the Planet Mars giving the reasons behind the UAE government's desire to develop space sector with Emirati expertise in order to make 'Probe hope to explore Mars' one of its achievements and not its conclusion."
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