Sending Hope to Mars
February 16, 2020
Ever more countries and private companies are exploring or working in space, often outpacing the innovation, speed, and cost effectiveness of government agencies of established space powers, an analyst recently noted in Issues. And the beat goes on, as the tiny United Arab Emirates is taking an unusual approach—and building an unconventional team featuring high percentages of young and female scientists and engineers—to send a spacecraft named “Hope” to Mars, where it will orbit and remotely probe the Red Planet to answer key questions about its atmosphere.