“UAE successfully launches Mars probe aboard Japanese H-IIA rocket”
UAE didn’t do shit but pony up the money ... the satellite itself was built by the University of Colorado and launched on a Japanese rocket which was launched FROM Japan BY the Japanese ...
“UAE didnt do shit but pony up the money”
I’ll give them credit for supporting it. It’s better than funding suicide bombers.
“UAE didnt do shit but pony up the money.”
You forgot the valuable training of the UAE “aerospace engineers”.
That’s much like the Saudis training petrochemical engineers. My buddy worked for ARAMCO, and he said that if any of the refineries or pumping stations were turned over to the Saudi engineers, it would be about two weeks before everything was either shut down or burned up.