In 2014 the United Arab Emirates set up a space agency and undertook to put a satellite called Hope in orbit around Mars in 2021, in time for the 50th anniversary of the small Gulf nation’s creation. For a country with no tradition and little expertise in space science and technology, the mission seemed absurdly ambitious in its scientific aims and compressed schedule.
2014年,阿联酋成立了一个太空机构,并承诺在2021年将一颗名为“希望”的卫星送入火星轨道,正好赶上这个海湾小国建国50周年。对于一个在空间科学和技术方面没有传统和很少专门知识的国家来说,这一任务在其科学目标和紧迫的时间安排方面似乎雄心勃勃,荒谬可笑。
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