Thai considers the NASA atmospheric research project on June 26

The Thai cabinet will consider proposing the use of U-Tapao airport of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the June 26 meeting.

This is also the deadline before NASA decided to withdraw the project if it received the approval decision too late.

Mr. Surapong Tovichakchaikul

At the press conference on June 21, Thailand's Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said the atmospheric research project has been underway since 2011 in cooperation with NASA and the Space and Information Technology Development Agency. geographic information of Thailand Ministry of Science and Technology.

The proposal of NASA is not on the agenda of the Government this week due to inadequate written comments from relevant agencies.

NASA sent a letter to the Thai government through the US Embassy in Bangkok saying that the atmospheric research project would be canceled if no regulatory approvals were received.

The reason NASA made it is that they did not have enough time to transport equipment to Bangkok to keep up the project.

Mr. Surapong stressed that the cancellation of NASA's project will affect Thailand's image in the international community, especially for Singapore and Cambodia - the two countries that have allowed NASA to conduct an atmospheric research project.

Thailand will lose the opportunity to absorb scientific knowledge of weather forecasts and rain clouds if not approved on time.