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This Arab science mission to Mars is powered mostly by women
David Clark Scott
In the United Arab Emirates, 鈥渟eeing red鈥� has taken on new meaning. Throughout the small Arab kingdom Tuesday night, buildings were lit up with a crimson glow signaling their latest achievement.聽
The UAE is the first Arab nation (and only the fifth country or space agency) to successfully reach Mars. The UAE鈥檚 Hope probe, sent to study the red planet鈥檚 weather, arrived in orbit Tuesday.
By bypassing the moon and boldly shooting for Mars, the UAE is inspiring technical and scientific innovation. It鈥檚 part of a broader shift from oil to a knowledge-based economy. 鈥�, and you want to enable an entire generation to develop their skills and capacity and capability at a rapid manner, you need to take on large risks,鈥� Sarah Al Amiri, chair of the UAE Space Agency, told Axios.
The UAE partnered with Japan and several American universities. But nearly half of the 450 people working on the Hope mission are Emiratis. and 34% of the engineers. All are developing valuable skills, and a taste for reaching for the stars.聽
And every time another nation on Earth reaches another planet, it makes the cosmos less distant and more accessible.聽
In the UAE, they鈥檙e savoring what鈥檚 been achieved. 鈥淟et us all ,鈥� wrote the Gulf News.
