orbit remote control from earth will no longer be possible and we're joined now by her excellency sarah beenz use of a myriad she is minister of state for advanced technology in the united arab emirates and chair of the country's space agency thank you so much for making time to speak with you today 1st of all congratulations on making history 2nd of all i'd like to ask you how hopeful you are that mission hope succeeds especially given the complexities of mars missions and the failure rate which sends it around 60 percent . it's a pleasure to be here today and i'm comfortable the spacecraft as currently stand we've been operating it for almost 7 months now on its journey. and it's been operating according to our expectations with my and i'm comfortable due to this entire procedure being tested by the team we are waiting for a sequence of entering orbit around mars. comfortably waiting and just the anticipating our entry into space exploration as a nation and we know that this is the arab world's 1st interplanetary mission why is the u.a.e. going to mars now the 1st reason for us going to our