UAE planning first-ever Islamic mission to Mars

[الأعرابي]

Last year, religious leaders in the UAE issued a fatwa forbidding Muslims from landing on Mars

Religion, always trying to keep humanity backwards.

 

[Timur]

let them do it..

but bette for them to invest in military technology and build up their economy with that

 

[c-dome1]

let them do it..

but bette for them to invest in military technology and build up their economy with that

they dont have enugh smart people for that

 

[EgyptianAmerican]

Religion, always trying to keep humanity backwards.

Well to be fair there are some legitimate reasons why Colonizing Mars is an illogical decision but I wouldn't blame Religion on a couple of religious leaders. Religion is a vast topic with different views and opinions, just like Science.

Astrobiological Aspects of Mars and Human Presence: Pros and Cons
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2577400/

Ten Reasons NOT To Live On Mars - Great Place To Explore
http://www.science20.com/robert_inv...to_live_on_mars_great_place_to_explore-118531

Let’s Not Move to Mars
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/21/opinion/lets-not-move-to-mars.html?_r=0

Would It Be Ethical To Colonize Mars?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/janetst...-it-be-ethical-to-colonize-mars/#9b6570a6b82d


I would prefer if we colonized the Asteroid belt or just empty space and not Mars.

 

[Skylinee]

send some pashtun laborers, white expats and loads of escorts/prostitutes = dubai 2.0 Mars edition

 

[denel]

how??? most of their defence experts are from my old employer.