Tourism and hospitality professionals at Skal International Bangkok, part of the global travel industry networking organization, welcomed Thailand’s ultimate traveler Khun Pirada Vechavijit as guest speaker at a luncheon held at the Hilton Sukhumvit Bangkok hotel on July 15, 2014.
Khun Pirada, a Space Technology Engineer at GISTDA (Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency) in Chonburi, is training for her historic space flight next year on board the Lynx Mark 11 sub-orbital spacecraft. She landed her seat in space against intense competition from more than 500,000 applicants in 62 countries. Khun Pirada, a graduate of King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, is one of just 23 young men and women selected to become space travellers in 2015
