Space Science and the Arab World
Astronauts, Observatories and Nationalism in the Middle East
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Science, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Jörg Matthias Determann | ISBN: | 9781786723529 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing | Publication: | January 29, 2018 |
| Imprint: | I.B. Tauris | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jörg Matthias Determann |
| ISBN: | 9781786723529 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication: | January 29, 2018 |
| Imprint: | I.B. Tauris |
| Language: | English |
When Sultan bin Salman left Earth on the shuttle Discovery in 1985, he became the first Arab, first Muslim and first member of a royal family in space. Twenty-five years later, the discovery of a planet 500 light years away by the Qatar Exoplanet Survey – subsequently named 'Qatar-1b' – was evidence of the cutting-edge space science projects taking place across the Middle East.
When Sultan bin Salman left Earth on the shuttle Discovery in 1985, he became the first Arab, first Muslim and first member of a royal family in space. Twenty-five years later, the discovery of a planet 500 light years away by the Qatar Exoplanet Survey – subsequently named 'Qatar-1b' – was evidence of the cutting-edge space science projects taking place across the Middle East.
