Thursday, July 17, 2014

Arabs Conquer Mars By 2021?

That's the plan, anyway:
The United Arab Emirates has previously conquered the sky by constructing the world’s tallest building and now the oil-rich country has set its sights on the stars, promising to send the first unmanned Arab spaceship to Mars by 2021. 
The monarch of Dubai - one of the seven emirates which comprise the UAE – has said the mission will prove that the Arab world is still capable of contributing to humanity’s scientific progress, despite conflicts in the region. 
"Our region is a region of civilization. Our destiny is, once again, to explore, to create, to build and to civilize," said Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum...
To civilize who...the Martians?!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Hmmm.....Wasn't there a fatwa forbidding Muslims to go to Mars?

scaramouche said...

The fatwa is on one-way manned missions: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alejandro-rojas/fatwa-prohibiting-mars-trip_b_4833445.html