Durian in space: Thailand to send smelly fruit into orbitImagine being trapped in a spaceship with the world's smelliest fruit. Thailand's space research agency has just announced plans to send durian to space by July, as part of a project to produce Thai food suitable for future space travel. The baked durian will stay in space for five minutes before coming back to Earth, where scientists will see if it has undergone any textural changes. "Our main goal is to eventually bring Thai food up to space to be consumed by astronauts," a spokesman for the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) told the BBC. The baked durians will bear the Space Elephant label - which aptly show an elephant skyrocketing into space with a durian -- Photo: GISTDAThe durian isn't the first regional delicacy to be sent into space.

Source: VietNamNet News June 01, 2018 05:15 UTC