Thailand to launch first moon mission

[hobobo]

7 hours ago, darksidedog said:

He had had too much to drink and was completely delusional.

Going to take a very long time to get there then. At 384,400km comes in just shy of four years.

I could swim there faster, even without a gps

[Shocked farang]

7 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Thailand to launch first moon mission

By THE NATION

 

 

Thailand will build a spacecraft within seven years with a budget of around Bt3 billion, according to the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation.

 

Minister Anek Laothamatas announced on Thursday that Thailand will produce high-tech satellites in four years, before advancing to build a spaceship with a weight of 300 kilograms for a mission to the moon.

 

The ship will be powered by a xenon ion thruster, the same propulsion method used by Nasa for interplanetary space missions. The spacecraft will travel at 11 kilometres per hour to the moon, before slowing to enter lunar orbit at 2kph.

 

Thailand’s first lunar mission will be officially announced in January, Anek said.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30400232

 

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????????????Thais will never cease to amaze me! ????????????

[berybert]

Never make it, bound to hit something on the way up.

[Jack Cook]

 Bwaaaa Haaaaa Haaaaa, nothing like a bit of boxing day humour ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

[Locked in Ozzie]

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[Surasak]

7 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

The priorities of this Government seem to be backwards.  Hopefully all of the money they use will have been donated by the very rich private citizens, as well as the top power brokers in the Government for the seats they will buy on the space craft.  As NASA found out its name meant Needs Another Seven Astronauts many many years ago, Thailands space agency should be named TANGSA, or The All or Nothing Government Space Agency.

Plenty of nothing then !!

[Locked in Ozzie]

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[thailand49]

7 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Why?

Great question!   So many more important things on the list first on the list " help your people "

[P100]

General Prayuth as commander on the Thai spacecraft? Second is the Anoutin? Yes please. Great for all Thais.

 

I am sure Xijinping will sell all his space garbage to his brother Prayuth.secind hand rockets for the Thais? Why not they buy submarines too...

 

And if you find the time please use your space knowledge to build the high speed train between Bangkok and Pattaya. And some repairs on the drainage in Pattaya would be nice...

 

Still, thank you to make me laugh. Merry Xmas

[phantomfiddler]

Does anyone have a contact for applications to be crew members ?  My ex-wife loves to travel ????

[Cobby007]

I do not understand Thai logic 

this past year Thailand has suffered so much from COVID 19 the people need money and investment they need Food and prospect of work

the government should start now to take care of the people of Thailand 

not the moon 

no wonder the Tai people want a change 

[David T Pike]

Can't wait to see the Tuk Tuk Land Rover... ????

[ronaldo0]

What are they putting in the drinking water ?? 11kph ? 300kg ? da funk are these people on ?? 
Having just read the not testing as many at new year for drunk driving I thought they couldn’t get any dumber !! Well step up space cadets ! ????????????????????

[Ramdas]

These people ???? they really have their priorities backwards ????????‍♂️
Can you imagine if they ever manage to lift off the accidents they will cause on the way up there ???? 

[iaminwa]

Is the April 1. Lol.

[Destiny1990]

What ticket price?

[Mywayboy]

7 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

 

My thoughts exactly.

 

 

Not much of a budget for space travel.

Most of them come from Uranus I feel, so the moon will be a good trip.

[ChouDoufu]

a committee of experts has decided that.......

 

7 hours ago, rooster59 said:

...The spacecraft will travel at 11 kilometres per hour to the moon, before...

 

 

...rear-ending a space-force rocketcycle cop...

 

7 hours ago, rooster59 said:

....at 2kph....

 

 

 

aw, you know the rest......space-brake failure!

[iamariva1957]

This has to be a joke! They can't even build their own submarine so we are to believe that they can put together a Moon mission? The country is broke. The government is lost in it's own imagination of what is so far from possible or real. Logic and realism are far too hard to comprehend it seems. So a mission. To the moon or high orbit for that matter.... it has to be a joke?

[Burma Bill]

On 12/26/2020 at 9:36 AM, rooster59 said:

Thailand to launch first moon mission

 Unfortunately "brake failure":-

 

 

[Mike k]

11 kilometers an hour I can pedal my bike 20 kilometers an hour ????

[Henryford]

Just think how many Mercs this will fund.

[ChouDoufu]

22 minutes ago, iamariva1957 said:

This has to be a joke! They can't even build their own submarine so we are to believe that they can put together a Moon mission? The country is broke. The government is lost in it's own imagination of what is so far from possible or real. Logic and realism are far too hard to comprehend it seems. So a mission. To the moon or high orbit for that matter.... it has to be a joke?

 

submarine????

 

i'd be happy if they could manage to engineer a proper drain so's our soi don't flood with greasy, dog-poo soup every time it rains!!

 

 

on second thought, maybe that submarine might come in handy...

[sambum]

 "Alternative State Quarantine"? 

[sambum]

20 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

 Unfortunately "brake failure":-

 

 

And I see the driver has fled the scene! 

[rexall]

2 hours ago, Catoni said:

11 kilometres per hour to the moon?  So very slow.  Then it will only take a bit over 4 years to get there. 
 Okay.... LOL ????

They could always take a taxi instead!????

[rexall]

4 minutes ago, ChouDoufu said:

 

submarine????

 

i'd be happy if they could manage to engineer a proper drain so's our soi don't flood with greasy, dog-poo soup every time it rains!!

 

????

 

on second thought, maybe that submarine might come in handy...

"greasy, dog-poo soup"  Aroi mak mak! 

[Scouse123]

The porkies they are prepared to tell and throw into the media spotlight for the all consuming public to shift attention away from Covid19 and zero tourism,........ the mind boggles!

 

Why don't they prioritize and focus on a national grid for the supply of power and water, get those unsightly dangerous electric cables underground, ensure sewage isn't flowing into the sea in tourist destinations, fix the pavements and side walks and cancel the latest round of Chinese armaments and submarines.

 

Too much like hard work?

 

 

[rexall]

Does Thailand even have a space program?  Have they ever put anything into orbit? Ever gotten an object out of the Earth's atmosphere?

[connda]

The entire Thai cabinet is planning to drop their pants and bare their butts. 

When's the "Moon" launch date.  It should be amusing.