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If you’re craving a pyrotechnic spectacle to fill the gap between Chinese New Year and the Fourth of July, then head northeast to Isaan in mid-May for “Boon Bang Fai” — the annual Rocket Festival. Here you’ll watch teams of tipsy farmers guzzle bottles of local brew and rice wine as they climb rickety bamboo scaffolding with large projectiles slung across their backs, then fire them off above green fields into the clear blue yonder. An annual Thaiger favorite, the Rocket Festival takes place every year in mid-May in farming villages across Northeastern Thailand and Laos. The Boon Bang Fai […]

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Lots of rocket scientists available for the new thai space program in isaan.

No need to recruit any troublesome foreigners, plenty of local talent available.

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29 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

farmers guzzle bottles of local brew and rice wine as they climb rickety bamboo scaffolding with large projectiles slung across their backs, then fire them off above green fields into the clear blue yonder.

before falling off the scaffolding when stage 2 of the Lao Khao kicks in .. actually I'm all for this sort of thing as they ain't bound up by 'elf 'n safety like a lot of places and as long as they are only blowing thereselves up what arm can it do .. 

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1 hour ago, Cathat said:

Lots of rocket scientists available for the new thai space program in isaan.

No need to recruit any troublesome foreigners, plenty of local talent available.

Absolutely.
Our illustrious leader could be a possible contender for the space program, he must have loads of it between the ears.
Let's have him shot into space.

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