How the UAE's rocks and soil could become a vital resource for the space race

“How the UAE's rocks and soil could become a vital resource for the space race”

The UAE is to become an important source of rocks and soil that could be used to help test vehicles and equipment in conditions similar to the Moon or Mars. Researchers have discovered that parts of the Hajar Mountains have geology suitable to test rovers or drills used in space missions . Kosmas Pavlopoulos, professor of environmental geomorphology at the Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi and a scientist involved in the work, told The National that the results were “exceptionally promising”. Not…