United Arab Emirates plans to set up the first mini city on Mars by 2117

United Arab Emirates (UAE)has given the world Burj Khalifa which the tallest building and now plans to set up the first mini city on Mars, the Red Planet by 2117. This will be a part of its 100-year national program to understand the red planet in a better way.
This was announced at the World Government Summit by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum in the presence of representatives of 138 governments.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 16 February 2017.

The Mars 2117 Project of UAE is expected to explore methods of how people can reach Mars and how they would create food and energy on the red planet which are the essentials of survival. UAE's aim is to spearhead international efforts to turn this dream into a reality.
Many countries have attempted and the world's overall success rate in this endeavor since the 1960s is less than 50-50 with NASA having the best success rate at around 70 per cent. Since 1960s, it has sent 21 missions to Mars and only six have succeeded.


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