Hope Probe’s success ‘inspires’ South Korea’s space projects
By Binsal Abdulkader
ABU DHABI, 14th February 2021 (WAM) South Korea, which has planned a lunar mission and expressed its desire for joint Moon and Mars explorations with the UAE, said the success of the latter’s Mars mission has inspired Korean researchers to further research on their space projects.
In an interview with the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Jeong-Joo Park, Vice-President of Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), which is the aeronautics and space agency of South Korea, said, Despite its short history compared to other leading space-faring nations, the UAE has become the fifth country to carry out a Mars mission.
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Feb. 11, 2021
If the Emirates Mars Mission had wanted to cap its success this week in getting the Amal space probe into orbit around Mars with a quote equal parts dramatic and honest, it would have echoed Neil Armstrong by proclaiming, “One small step for mankind, one giant leap for Emirati PR.”
Let’s give the United Arab Emirates credit where credit is due. Sending a probe to Mars and getting into orbit is a remarkable scientific and engineering achievement, that only a handful of countries have done, including coincidentally China too this week. Amal’s task of mapping Mars’ atmosphere is a legitimate scientific enterprise.