Presumably they are going to use someone else's launcher rather than develop their own? Wonder who would be interested in the business?
Well by the looks of it it's a falcon with 3 boosters and a Orion.
Quote from: Lar on 07/16/2014 05:12 pmPresumably they are going to use someone else's launcher rather than develop their own? Wonder who would be interested in the business?Presumably so. I think that is the hope of many who might be selling.Would they want their own launch facility? May have a suitable spots on the Gulf of Oman coast.Isn't it the hope of companies such as Bigelow, that wealthy countries like the UAE will come to them for services? If a mission to Mars is about proving something (national/regional prestige?), does paying for someone else's rocket, at someone else's launch pad, to maybe one day go to someone else's station,... really that prestigious? I guess I'm hoping the answer is yes?
Definitely looks like a F9, has the legs and 9 engines, but 3 boosters!!. We maybe looking at a 70t FSH ( super heavy).
They will be struggling to send anything to Mars by 2021 if UAE are planning to develop their own LV from scratch. I'm picking they will use somebody else's LV and develop the payload themselves.If it is somebody else's LV then the video indicates SpaceX but 3 boosters!!.
Would be nice to see billions flowing to space exploration as opposed to silly sand islands that keep sinking!
Would the East coast of the UAE be a good place for a facility? Is India far enough away at the right angle?
Another article on the topic:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/uae-plans-unmanned-mars-mission-by-2021-with-new-space-agency/article19629892/