A research team inflates a balloon carrying a dish of rice topped with stir-fried pork with basil leaves and a fried egg. GISTDA photo
A team of researchers on Thursday sent the Thai dish Pad Kaprao into the atmosphere using a high-altitude balloon as a part of the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency’s (GISTDA) space programme.
The balloon was sent into the atmosphere to mark the launch of the country’s High-Altitude Experiment Platform at the Bueng Boraphet nature study centre in Nakhon Sawan.
The launch is considered the country’s first use of a high-altitude balloon in a space experiment. Thailand’s balloon launch involved the famous dish and reached about…
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