Thais troll Nasa's live stream

Thais troll Nasa's live stream

A colour image of Pluto made available on July 14, 2015, from NASA and taken from the New Horizons spacecraft as it made its approach to the planet, showing a bright, heart-shaped terrain. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made its closest pass by Pluto, coming within 7,800 miles of the surface on July 14.
A colour image of Pluto made available on July 14, 2015, from NASA and taken from the New Horizons spacecraft as it made its approach to the planet, showing a bright, heart-shaped terrain. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made its closest pass by Pluto, coming within 7,800 miles of the surface on July 14.

As the international community tuned in to the live stream of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft's flyby of Pluto on Tuesday evening, troll posters from Thailand added nuisance comments that disrupted coverage of the historic mission.

"I think Thaksin has already bought the universe?" one internet user wrote in Thai on Nasa's YouTube page, as Charles Bolden, chief administrator of the United States space agency, was taking part in a live chat with people from all around the world.

Nasa's YouTube page was then flooded with unrelated comments and squabbling from Thai trolls, causing Mr Bolden to pause momentarily, and disrupting the live stream briefly.

The annoying Thai comments included: "Election now. Get out, Prayut!", "I'm single", "Are there nagas on Pluto?" and “Apparently, Thai people are very interested in space".

During the live chat, other YouTube users, both Thai and foreign, urged the trolls to stop commenting, as millions of people were watching the live stream.

The following day, members of the social media slammed the trolls for their "foolish", "disrespectful" and "shameful" comments. One Pantip.com user asked what action the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology will take against these people, instead of just banning websites.

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