UAE plans to build city on Mars

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UAE plans to build city on Mars

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This probably comes from The Onion...

UAE plans to build city on Mars
ABU DHABI, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced that it plans to build a city on Mars by 2117.

"The project, to be named 'Mars 2117,' integrates a vision to create a mini-city and community on Mars involving international cooperation," said UAE's Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum.

At the end of the fifth World Government Summit held in UAE's largest city Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed said that the project included the country's space science research in universities and would gather an Emirati and international team of scientists.

According to Sheikh Mohammed's tweets on Tuesday, the "Mars 2117" project sought to "push the human exploration of Mars" and "build a space pioneering passion among the Emirati youth."

"The Mars 2117 Project is a long-term project, where our first objective is to develop our educational system so our sons will be able to lead scientific research across the various sectors," Sheikh Mohammed said in an official media release.

He added that research on faster space travel, transportation, energy and food supply on Mars would also be carried out...
http://en.freshnewsasia.com/index.php/3 ... -mars.html
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it couldnt be any worse than that hellish sand pit they call home now
cooler at least.
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Actually, it's not a joke...
http://www.emiratesmarsmission.ae/
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How will they fund all this when oil runs out in 25-35 years?
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And if they build it on my land that I own there ,, there's gonna be trouble .
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Which way to face Mecca?

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Their daughters can fuck right off.
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The best scientific brains from the livestock souks in Ajman and Ras-Al-Khaimah are working out the details even now.

This absurd tale sounds a little like the Zambian Space Program (of happy memory.)
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