In a groundbreaking move, Thailand is venturing into the realm of space exploration with plans to establish its own spaceport.

 

The initiative, spearheaded by caretaker Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, aims to propel the country’s technological capabilities and stimulate economic growth across multiple sectors, potentially creating more than 400 job opportunities for Thai citizens.

Announced on August 6th, 2023, this spaceport project signifies Thailand’s commitment to becoming a determined player in the global space industry, according to PM spokesperson Tipanun Sirichana.

 

Preliminary findings suggest that Thailand possesses geographical advantages, making it an ideal place for hosting a spaceport. 

 

By Adam Judd

 

Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2023/08/07/thailand-still-wants-to-develop-a-major-spaceport/

 

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2 hours ago, webfact said:

The initiative, spearheaded by caretaker Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, aims to propel the country’s technological capabilities and stimulate economic growth across multiple sectors, potentially creating more than 400 job opportunities for Thai citizens

With foreign know-how and investment?

8 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

With foreign know-how and investment?

I'm sure there's a "Thai way" 

3 minutes ago, 2baht said:

I'm sure there's a "Thai way" 

A little concerned due to their record when it  comes to storing explosives!

Oh, this is rich, Thailand and space exploration, a paradox at it's best, however a good joke to start the day with though.

But Thailand already has a few spaceports

 

 

with second hand Chinese rockets? they can't even get the pavements fixed!

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

Oh, this is rich, Thailand and space exploration, a paradox at it's best, however a good joke to start the day with though.

Could start by getting those 400 workers to visit houses and fit EARTH cables in them.

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The initiative, spearheaded by caretaker Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha

He really doesn't seem to understand the concept that a caretaker government is not supposed to undertake major new initiatives - or perhaps he thinks that his cohorts have a lock on eventually taking power once the parliamentary shenanigans are over.

????????????

Thailand has problems building common infrastructure let alone spaceports.

Where is the 3 airport express railway, absolutely nowhere.

Where is the hi speed railway from Bangkok to Vientiane, hardly begun etc

5 hours ago, webfact said:

potentially creating more than 400 job opportunities for Thai citizens

that's an understatement, just consider all the potential ambulant food vendors, at least 4 7-Elevens on the corners, hair salons, massage shops and a market.

Oh no! Not another hub!

Lets try getting all those wires & cables underground without killing people before trying to send more junk up over our heads.

 

Only been pure dumb luck we haven't had a major oops yet with tons of crap falling to earth.

Ready by the year 3000.......

 

It does seem ambitious for a country that hasn't yet managed to get a train system that is faster than a horse.

19 minutes ago, Andycoops said:

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Thailand has problems building common infrastructure let alone spaceports.

Where is the 3 airport express railway, absolutely nowhere.

Where is the hi speed railway from Bangkok to Vientiane, hardly begun etc

Oh come on!  There are 3 submarines on order! What more do you want?

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

With foreign know-how and investment?

It may come as a surprise to you but governments have to be on board before any private enterprise can get off the ground.

 

https://moontomars.space/space-port/saxavord-spaceport/

52 minutes ago, JoePai said:

But Thailand already has a few spaceports

 

 

And therein lies the problem  

"I wanted to be a spaceman

That's what I wanted to be..." 

--Harry Nilsson

 

how about develop a proper ambulance service,........and give pensioners MORE MONEY ??????

I think they just get bored of things to announce and want to see if the waking public are still awake and walking upright, so they pull rabbits like this out of the hat ,as a test.

 

I mean there's only so many times in a week you can talk about Thaksin's return, tourist numbers going up, how many times the Police have ' rushed ' to the scene of a crime, and how Pattaya is only going to cater to "high spending and high new worth individuals".

24 minutes ago, blackshadow said:

how about develop a proper ambulance service,........and give pensioners MORE MONEY ??????

Give the pensioners more? They should with all the tax they have paid.

58 minutes ago, mrfill said:

Ready by the year 3000.......

 

It does seem ambitious for a country that hasn't yet managed to get a train system that is faster than a horse.

In 2018 they were connecting the rail line from Bangkok to Phnom Penn....????

Thailand's geographic location makes it an almost ideal site for a spaceport.

 

The next generation of orbital launchers will require a downrange landing site for the first stage. The current - interim - approach uses a barge sited downrange in the ocean, at considerable expense (or the first stage returns under its own power to the launch site). It is far more economical to land the first stage downrange on terra firma. For a Thailand launch, that would be on Malaysia or the Phillipines.

 

Of course, its questionable whether the Thai government could pull off a spaceport.

Edited August 7, 20232 yr by Danderman123

There are 35 spaceports and launch facilities worldwide that can launch spacecraft or satellites into orbit or suborbit.

In Asia there is Japan, South Korea, India, French Guianna. Thailand would be smarter to partner with these countries, but Prayut is all about his egotistical Thai Hub of ASEAN.

What Thailand really needs is more dependable electrical power generation such as nuclear power and reduce its import of carbon-based fuels.

Please don't give Thailand something that goes bang. 

Lord knows there is a huge surplus of space cadets in both public and private sectors

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Preliminary findings suggest that Thailand possesses geographical advantages, making it an ideal place for hosting a spaceport. These include its equatorial location

There are quite a few countries that possess such a "geographical advantage" - Thailand's nearest point to the equator is Yala - not sure building a space port there would be quite so advantageous. 

 

8 hours ago, webfact said:

The initiative, spearheaded by caretaker Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha

I think he has perhaps too much space between the ears.

There would be huge profits to be made from the corruption that Pray-out, Pay-out oops,  Prayuth has yet to stop. 

"aims to propel the country’s technological capabilities and stimulate economic growth across multiple sectors, potentially creating more than 400 job opportunities for Thai citizens"

 

so a multi-billion baht project is only going to create 400 new jobs?

I guess that is the number of thais needed to transport and uncrate all the chinese tech, while to generals scim off billions