Illustration of Asgardia space aircraft carrier. (Live Science)
The first space state, Asgardia, will soon be formed. There are already half a million inhabitants of the earth who register to become citizens of the space state. Since it was announced by a group of Russian billionaires and scientists in Paris, France, in October last year, that high enthusiasm demanded that Asgardia managers change the constitution of citizen selection. Now, as quoted from the asgardia.space website page, Asgardia managers are more strict and selective in choosing citizens they. Asgardia will not grant citizens to people who are stingy to provide information on self data. And reject non-human citizens such as robots and animals.
Illustration of the state symbol and aircraft carrier of the Asgardia space state. (Asgardia.space)
The Asgardia team is almost finished verifying 200 thousand more prospective citizens of their country coming from around 200 countries. Prospective Asgardian citizens who pass the verification will eventually be able to pocket the Asgardia Certificate. Each Asgardian, the term for citizens, will also be asked to vote for the basic constitution formulation of the first space state. In October last year, Asgardia project leaders discussed a futuristic residence that could accommodate 150 million lives at a press conference in Paris, France. The first Asgardia satellite is due to be launched this year, the start of a long-term project. Assafia is derived from the home of the Nors gods, Asgard. According to the team leader and originator of the Asgardia concept, Igor Ashurbeyli, this place will be a democratic location. "Each individual can develop the space technology of their findings here," he said, as reported by the Space.Ashurbeyli page is a scientist who founded a techno.
Igor Ashurbeyli, was giving a lecture. (Ashurbeyli.eu.com)
Citizens of the world can already apply to become one of the first 100 thousand citizens through the website page asgardia.space. Once elected later, each citizen must meet all the requirements to become a citizen of Asgardia. One of them must come from a country that allows dual-citizenship status. Ashurbeyli says Asgardia's aircraft will fly below or beyond Earth's orbit. To make this space-state nation recognized, he and Tim need at least tens of thousands of citizens before they register as a country to the United Nations (UN). Even so, not all Asgardians are required to live in the space state, like the population Other earths living outside their country. "Now, the design of flags and symbols of the country is being prepared," he said at the time. The Asgardian nation, according to Ashurbeyli, was formed to serve humanitarian and peace tasks in space. He hopes that 2 percent of the productive and creative age population on earth (about 150 million) can join Asgardians. And, citizen status will be given to anyone who develops and invests in space technology.
Symbol of Asgardia state. (Asgardia.space)
"Asgardia is a reflection of the mirror of the earth in infinite space.There is no religious and state boundaries, as independent individuals, not representing the state," Ashurbeyli said. Ram Jakhu, Director of the McGill University Institute of Air and Space Law in Montreal, USA The union, as well as Asgardia's legal team, says there must be four elements for Asgardia to be recognized by the UN as a country. The four elements are the residents, the governance system, the infrastructure of the parent aircraft as a function of the state, as well as the recognition of UN member states. "Asgardia's vision is very clear: first, it helps protect the Earth from space asteroids attacks. Countries that do not have the infrastructure to go to space, "said Jakhu. Interestingly, applicants do not have to pay a dime for the application of citizenship or the construction of the first satellite. The first satellite will slide from a country with space experience. But the launch of the Asgardia aircraft carrier, according to Ashurbeyli, will be conducted in developing countries that do not sign the Space Agreement.
Asgard, the abode of the Nors gods, who became the inspiration of Asgardia's name. (Wikipedia)
The international treaties born during the Cold War of 1967 required all space activity to be carried out by the state, not individual or private. This is clearly incompatible with the spirit of the Asgardia team who did not want to involve the state in forming the first space-nation of space on earth. Asgardia's project team member, Joseph Pelton, says Asgardia's space state will also protect the Earth from asteroids and space dust. "Earth needs a big spacecraft for defense of all that stuff," said the man who is also director emeritus of Space Research and Advanced Communications Systems University of Washington University.
