A pad kaprao dish is gone after it was sent into the atmosphere using a high-altitude balloon in Nakhon Sawan on Thursday. (Photo: GISTDA)
A dish of stir-fried holy basil, locally known as pad kaprao, was sent into the atmosphere using a high-altitude balloon in an experiment in Nakhon Sawan province on Thursday. As the balloon landed on the same day, the famous Thai street food was gone.
The launch is considered Thailand’s first use of a high-altitude balloon in a space experiment by the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA). It involved the famous Thai dish and soared 35 kilometres into the stratosphere.
According to GISTDA, the balloon returned safely to the ground. It was found about 200 metres away from the Global Positioning System (GPS) point in tambon Nong Krot, Banphot…
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