HAMDAN BIN MOHAMMED HAMAD AL MANSOURI PROFESSOR MELIKECHI A NEW EARTH

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EDITORIAL
Words from the Director General
Taking successful
steps on
our journey
If there is no struggle, there is no progress and no success… Hoping to come up with new ideas and
succeed without exerting effort and taking risks is an unachievable dream, a dream that will never see the
light of the day, and a dream that cannot build institutions and cannot achieve development. Those who sit
back and look aimlessly at the opportunities end up missing the train and fail to continue their journey. We
must take risks and embrace challenges based on vision, creativity and innovation.
The best way to face challenges and devise a distinguished idea is to come up with many different ideas
initially. This is a feature that characterises ambitious and inspiring institutions that believe in the existence
of opportunities, nourishing optimism, attracting innovators and spreading creative and positive energy.
These are the lessons we have learned at the Mohammed bin Rashid School for leadership, and have
acquired at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) since its inception, and previously in the
Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) since 2006. We continue to carry these
lessons with us throughout our journey towards promoting scientific innovation and technical progress in
the UAE. We are in the year which our government has declared as the Year of Innovation, during which
the government continues the implementation of its plan directed towards the development of education,
the inclusion of technology in schools and the focus on teaching science, engineering and mathematics.
We are optimistic about achieving our goal, which is to establish an infrastructure for space science by
launching specialised scientific and knowledge-based programs, as well as pushing innovation forward
and making use of its applications in all development programs.
The UAE is currently seeing the development of qualified institutions that are capable of developing the
next generation of national engineers, experts and scientists in the fields of advanced technology and
space engineering, through continuous training programs and the transfer of knowledge. They also offer
grants for advanced academic studies, scientific research, knowledge and expertise, and practical training
in testing and production facilities, as well as in the fields of spacecraft and satellite launch.
Join us to work on the most ambitious national scientific projects
An inspiring work environment based on training and career development
At MBRSC, we are embarking upon a national, inspirational journey abound with ambitious scientific
projects that will serve as a beacon of scientific progress in space science in the UAE and the Arab world.
These projects offer unmatched career opportunities for ambitious and talented Emirati engineers,
administrative and technical staff, allowing them to participate in the implementation of these projects and
contribute to shaping the promising future of the UAE.
The appointment of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid as Chairman and General Supervisor
of all projects at MBRSC and its strategic and development plans reflects the leadership’s approach
in providing its support to the fullest, as well as financing and sponsoring projects like the Hope Probe
mission to explore the Red Planet.
The presence of HH Hamdan Bin Mohammed in all national working fields and as Chairman of MBRSC,
his long-term vision and his motivational actions to push forward development, quality and excellence, is
a motivation and inspiration to keep us going on our ambitious journey.
Yousuf Hamad Al Shaibani
Director General
Become a source of national pride.
Apply via e-mail: careers@mbrsc.ae or visit www.mbrsc.ae for more information.
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