Emirates set to go for Mars mission!

The United Arab Emirates' Space Agency has unveiled its official strategy and operational plan, and it takes bold aim at Mars with a planned robotic mission to the Red Planet by 2021.

The UAE Mars probe, called Hope, is slated to launch in time for the 50th anniversary of the UAE and forms a major element of the national space agency's official road map, which was unveiled on May 25.

Hmm. And where is America? Oh yes, there it is... sinking slowly beneath the waves...