During its participation in the sixth edition of the Liwa Ajman Festival of Moisture and Honey 2019, the Emirates Space Agency reviewed the possibility of planting palm trees on the surface of Mars by sending the seeds of this tree as a first stage to the International Space Station for testing, Mars to cultivate in future stages.
The pavilion of the Emirates Space Agency has seen a large number of visitors and interested in the field of agriculture and space from various emirates and Gulf countries throughout the festival.
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, has chosen the palm tree to explore the possibility of planting it on Mars for its status and symbolization among the people of the UAE in general. And was keen to develop its cultivation until the UAE became one of the highest countries in possession of this type of trees.
Al-Zaabi explained that the selection of Mars to experience the possibility of palm cultivation on its surface came because the environment of this planet is very similar to the environment in which the palm tree grows and grows, and the palm tree can adapt to the environment of that planet.
Al-Za'abi affirmed that the Emirates Space Agency's strategy aims to support the scientific research in the field of space in the country and to strengthen the efforts of the state in building local and global partnerships to achieve food security on earth and in space. International relations during the next few days. In July, the Emirates Space Agency announced that it would send seeds from the palm tree to the International Space Station to study its impact on the space environment and to explore the possibility of its future cultivation in Mars in a scientific research experiment, the first of its kind in the world, Agriculture at the UAE University and Nano Rakes.
The agency will send the palm tree seeds to the International Space Station within a few days.