Minister of Cabinet Affairs and the future Mohammed Abdullah Al-Gergawi revealed that the cost of the Hope Probe project is $ 200 million, noting that it is one of the least expensive projects in the world, thanks to the efforts of young Emirates in all stages of implementation.
Al-Gergawi added during a special meeting about the Emirates project to explore Mars "the probe of hope" in the Dubai Future Accelerators Hall in the Emirates Towers, that similar projects globally took 10 years to complete, but the UAE youth carried out the required in 6 years, from the birth of the idea to the launch of the probe a week later. .
Al-Gergawi continued during the meeting which the UAE attended today: "The idea of launching to Mars emerged from the ministerial retreat in 2014 on Saadiyat Island, to celebrate in a different way the 50th National Day in 2021."
The Minister of Cabinet Affairs and the future, Muhammad Abdullah Al-Gergawi, stressed that "11,000 young men and women from the Arab region expressed their desire to participate in the Emirates Space Project, and a number of them will be chosen to qualify and educate them to contribute to space projects."