Is UAE Planning on Setting Facilities on Other Planets?

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Space Agency has introduced a new law for licensing, registering objects, defining responsibilities, insurance, risk and accidents.

This is the first law in the Arab and Islamic world’s history which creates a new legislative and regulatory environment for the national space sector with is in line with other laws and regulations of UAE.

Dr Ahmad Bin Abdulla Humaid Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Higher Education and Advanced Skills and Chairman of the UAE Space Agency, said:

He further added:

According to the information available, the new law has a total of 9 chapters and 54 articles which are geared towards regulating space activities in the UAE and governs the Agency’s role in this regard.

The law, which was passed under the leadership of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, will also open doors for investment.

The specifics of the law introduces new regulations which clarifies the mechanism for the following things:

• Issuing space activity permits
• Registering space objects and vehicles
• Responsibility and insurance regulations for space activities
• Space accidents and risks regulations
• Transitional period for current operator regulations

Nasser Al Rashidi, Director of Space Policy and Regulations at the UAE Space Agency, said:

The UAE aims to establish the first inhabitable human settlement in Mars by 2117.