NASA should point out that in the history of science Muslim cultures played a key role. It was the Arabs who rediscovered the science and philosophies of the ancient Greek first. They brought their knowledge to Spain where many Arab science texts were translated to Latin. Then came Copernicus, Kepler, Galilei and Newton.
It’s a shame that most western history curricula do not show more appreciation for scientists like Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Omar Khayyam, Al Battani, Al Faribi, Ibn al Haitham, Abu Bekr Muhammad al-Razi, Al Massudi and Abu Ali al Husein ibn Sina. All these great people were active between around 800 and 1200 CE. They loved critical thinking, they loved research and they loved debates. And they had far more freedom of speech and pluralism than their successors centuries later. Saudi-Arabia today is more oppressive than it was 800 years ago.
It’s time to revive the Islamic Golden Age.