UAE Lunar Exploration Plan Announced Aiming for Industrial Development through Space Development September 30, 10:25
The Middle East UAE-United Arab Emirates has announced plans to embark on a lunar exploration following the launch of the Mars rover in July.
The UAE, which aims to build an industrial structure that does not rely solely on income from oil, aims to foster industry through space development.
On the 29th, the UAE announced plans to embark on lunar exploration through state-owned communications.
According to this, by 2021, the design of an unmanned rover that will run on the surface of the moon and examine the surface of the earth will be completed, and after assembly and testing, it will be launched toward the moon by 2024.
After landing the rover on the moon, I will investigate the surface condition and temperature changes.
No details are given, but the UAE plans to land the rover on the moon with its own technology.
Landing on the moon requires advanced technology, and so far three countries, the former Soviet Union, the United States, and China, have succeeded.
The UAE announced plans to build a residential facility on Mars by 100 years later, and in July, it launched the Mars probe "HOPE" on a Japanese rocket from the Taneshima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture.
The UAE, which aims to build an industrial structure that does not rely solely on income from oil, aims to acquire cutting-edge technology by advancing space development and to foster its own industry.