- MAY 25, 2015
Development ... the UAE Space Agency and the National Centre of Space Studies of France sign a strategic space partnership Memorandum of Understanding. Picture: UAE Space Agency Source: Supplied
THE United Arab Emirates has laid out a strategic framework for a newly created space agency.
The strategy aims to integrate various arms of the Gulf federation’s burgeoning space industry.
UAE Space Agency chairman Khalifa Mohammed Thani al-Rumaithi said the space industry will help diversify the country’s economy and create highly skilled jobs for a growing youth population.
He added that the Emirates “is seeking to confirm its status as a spacefaring nation”.
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