阿联酋航天局副总干事伊布拉欣·哈姆扎·阿尔·卡西姆在土耳其西南部安塔利亚省举行的第77届国际宇航大会（IAC）间隙接受阿纳多卢通讯社采访时表示，包括月球采矿和人类永久驻留月球在内的工业太空探索新时代将在未来几年成为现实。
A new era of industrial space exploration, including lunar mining and a permanent human presence on the Moon, will become a reality in the coming years, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Space Agency’s deputy director general told Anadolu.
阿尔·卡西姆表示，即将到来的任务将重点关注提取太空资源，包括“地球上稀缺但太空中丰富”的稀有金属和原材料。
Ibrahim Hamza Al Qasim, speaking on the sidelines of the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in the southwestern Turkish province of Antalya, said upcoming missions will focus on extracting space resources, including rare metals and raw materials “that are limited on Earth but abundant in space.”
他说：“阿联酋涉足太空领域已有约30年历史，1997年是我们首次进入太空竞赛之时，过去三十年里我们建立了令人难以置信的能力，随后启动了针对月球、火星和小行星带的深空探测计划，该计划将于2028年第一季度发射。我们拥有一支颇具雄心的宇航员队伍，共四人，其中两人已飞往国际空间站（ISS）或其他地点。”阿尔·卡西姆表示，该机构更加重视私营部门的参与，而非依赖政府资助。
“The UAE started in space about 30 years ago, 1997 is when we first entered the space race, and we built incredible capabilities over the last three decades, then we started our deep space exploration programs for the Moon, Mars, and the asteroid belt that we’re launching in the first quarter of 2028,” he said. “We have quite an ambitious astronaut corps of four, two of which have flown to the ISS (International Space Station) or to other places.”Al Qasim said the agency is placing much greater emphasis on private sector involvement rather than relying on government funding.
他补充道：“我们注意到，阿联酋生态系统内的临界点已经出现——我们看到，流向太空领域的大部分资金，远超50%，都来自私营部门。”
“We noticed that the tipping point is happening already within the UAE’s ecosystem -- we see that most of the funding, well over 50%, coming towards space comes from the private sector,” he added.
他指出，人工智能（AI）和下一代机器人技术的进步正在降低准入门槛，使新兴太空计划能够实现超越其传统能力的成果。
He noted that advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and next-generation robotics are lowering barriers to entry, allowing emerging space programs to achieve results beyond their traditional capabilities.
他说：“我认为在未来十年里，你将看到令人难以置信的任务，人类重返月球表面，在月球上建立永久人类驻留，但更重要的是，我认为你可能会看到不仅探索太空，还着眼于开发太空资源、将稀有金属和地球上极其稀缺的资源带回地球的计划。”
“I think over the next decade you’ll see incredible missions, humans going back to the service of the moon, a permanent presence for people on the Moon, but more importantly, I think you will probably see programs that not only explore space, but look at exploiting space resources and bringing back rare metals and and resources that are very limited on Earth,” he said.
“在太空领域工作正逢其时——我认为我们正快速接近这样一个时代：地球上可能拥有我们所需的一切资源，真正推动新一轮产业发展，”他补充道。
“It’s a very exciting time to be working in space -- I think we are fast approaching a time when we could have all the resources we need on Earth to really drive a new era of industries,” he added.
IAC 2026于周一开幕，将持续至周五。本届大会由土耳其航天局（TUA）和伊斯坦布尔SAHA国防集群联合主办，并由工业和技术部组织。阿纳多卢通讯社担任其全球传播合作伙伴。
The IAC 2026 kicked off Monday and will run until Friday. It is co-hosted by the Turkish Space Agency (TUA) and the SAHA Istanbul defense cluster and organized by the Industry and Technology Ministry. Anadolu serves as its global communications partner.