Thanks for Lewiston to bring me to this idea. Like i was saying in response to Lewiston, we should have a new connection point between government and nation. If the Mayors are send out as the bottom of the top to connect with the citizens of the nation then why not make a connection point with the leaders of the community as top of the bottom. We could make new work-groups with Mayors and local leaders, which could be defined as citizens with high levels in activity points. Brainstorming over what the community wants as a nation and channeling these idea's/wishes true the official channels from the Mayors to the AMP's. Grtz, Dirk.

Super excited about asgadiatv.com I created my own channel and will start uploading my videos to it. My first contribution : https://asgardiatv.com/v/72?channelName=Riebens

Would anyone be interested in having some sort of online Asgardian Psychology Roundtable or seminar? We could invite all Asgardians who work in psychology-related disciplines, and then anybody who would want to suggest a topic of discussion would need only ask. We could then sign up Asgardians who want to attend, confirm their IDs and provide a private link to an online stream. I think we should definitely have at least one discussion topic surrounding how Asgardia should handle clinical "diagnoses", and whether some sort of diagnostic statistic manual of our own is even necessary. EDIT - Another important roundtable topic: brainstorming on income-generating endeavours that Asgardia could do related to psychology and psychological research. EDIT 2: It has been decided that an open format is better so that anyone can speak about any psychology related topic.

This is an image of the new Mobile Launcher for NASA's Space Launch System, which will be used to return humans to the moon, then on to Mars, sitting on top of the Crawler-Transporter at Kennedy Space Center's historic LC39B where both Apollo and the Space Shuttle launched in the past. The newly completed tower was moved out to the pad for the first time for its first fit check and initial testing. The full resolution image is available at my Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/LUrfmZ

See video attached of what our Parliament has been treated with! https://www.spacecitizennews.com/scn023-podcast-episode-23/ IN TODAY’S EPISODE 23rd episode of the Space Citizen News Podcast. AMP Cheryl Gallagher Chair of the Culture Committee comes to share news about Parliament, interview with Asgardian Mayoral Candidate for Trier in Germany Inara Tabir, pages 14 and 15 of the new Roadmap of Asgardia booklet: comments on the Continental Structure of the Nation and the Economy System of Asgardia, keeping an eye on our National Statistics, update on the upcoming events in Asgardia for 0004 aka 2020.

Abril fue un mes intenso políticamente en Asgardia, y el Parlamento tiene varias actualizaciones para compartir con ustedes. Empecemos con algunas impresiones del Congreso Ejecutivo que tuvo lugar en Viena entre el 10 y el 12 de abril. Este evento histórico ha sido importante por dos razones principales. Primero, porque fue la presentación del recién formado Gobierno de Asgardia con sus 12 ministros. Segundo, porque fue la primera oportunidad oficial para que ambos, los ministros y los presidentes de los comités parlamentarios trabajen juntos. El presidente del Comité de Manufactura, Parlamentario Fernando Jiménez Motte, comentó después del evento que estuvo muy bien organizado, particularmente considerando que el evento tuvo lugar al mismo tiempo que la segunda sesión virtual del Parlamento. En sus propias palabras, "fue positivo el hecho de que tuvimos la oportunidad de establecer puentes entre los comités así como entre los ministros y los presidentes de los comités para acelerar el éxito de Asgardia". Si bien el evento tuvo una organización excelente, Asgardia superó una variedad de desafíos logísticos y técnicos que sirvieron como lecciones valiosas para futuros congresos y sesiones digitales. El presidente del Comité de Comercio, Parlamentario John Fine, comentó sobre el Congreso Ejecutivo celebrado en Viena que "en conjunto, fue una conferencia maravillosa con muchos grandes avances que tendrán un gran impacto en el éxito de Asgardia". El Parlamentario Fine hizo una excelente presentación sobre lo que el comité ha estado haciendo, así como los planes a corto, medio y largo plazo para el comité de Comercio de Asgardia. Mencionó su colaboración con otros comités de legislación. Por ejemplo, están trabajando con el Comité de Equidad y Recursos en el proyecto de legislación "Ley de Actividades y Proyectos de Asgardia"; con el Comité de Ciencias en la edición y revisión de la legislación sobre Cooperación Internacional en los “Usos Pacíficos de la Resolución del Espacio Ultraterrestre” que esperan tener lista para la revisión del Parlamento pronto. En cuanto al trabajo que está realizando actualmente el Parlamento, la primera actualización de hoy es del presidente del Comité de Ciencia, Parlamentario Luca Sorriso-Valvo. Cuando se le preguntó sobre el trabajo de su comité, el Parlamentario Sorriso-Valvo compartió con nosotros que en sus reuniones regulares comenzaron estableciendo las prioridades del comité, definiendo los roles en el comité y sus grupos de trabajo. Sorriso-Valvo ha descrito varias áreas que son muy relevantes para las necesidades actuales de Asgardia que el comité está examinando actualmente, tales como temas ambientales, así como el tema de fondos para la investigación. A continuación, tenemos la actualización del siempre ocupado Comité del Ciudadanía. La presentación del Ministro de Ciudadanía, Ron Schechter, y el Presidente del Comité de Ciudadanía, Ben Dell, mostró la estrecha interacción entre el Ministerio y la comisión parlamentaria y sus miembros. El Comité de Ciudadanía está en conversaciones con la Ministra Elizabeth Díaz de Educación para permitir que los Parlamentarios de Asgardia obtengan capacitación específica en investigación y redacción legislativa. El comité también mantuvo conversaciones con el ministro Leon Shpilsky y el presidente del Tribunal Supremo Zhao Yun sobre los aspectos legales y financieros de la ciudadanía en Asgardia. El día de hoy, el Comité de Información y Comunicación está trabajando para encontrar formas de que el Parlamento sea más accesible a los ciudadanos a través de las redes sociales y otras posibles opciones digitales. El presidente del Comité de Información y Comunicación, Dennis Shoemaker, también confirmó que el comité está trabajando actualmente en la legislación relativa a dos de los mandatos constitucionales del comité que tendrían un impacto directo y positivo en los ciudadanos. La primera es la legislación basada en el Artículo 6 que se refiere al tratamiento de datos personales en la Base de datos espacial de Asgardia para convertirse en ciudadano, y la segunda, basada en el Artículo 22, relativa a la protección de datos personales en Asgardia. El Presidente Shoemaker destacó también el hecho de que el comité está coordinando con el Ministerio de Información y Comunicación sobre la legislación necesaria para el trabajo y los proyectos ministeriales. Hablando con los presidentes de nuestros comités hay un cálido sentimiento de bienvenida hacia nuestros nuevos ministros. El parlamento ha estado trabajando durante casi un año, y estamos animados por la creación del gobierno como una asociación positiva, ya que representa la finalización de todas las ramas del gobierno asgardiano. Además, esto aumentará en gran medida la productividad del gobierno asgardiano ahora que podrá comenzar a trabajar en proyectos vitales para el crecimiento financiero de Asgardia. El Parlamento espera con interés trabajar con nuestros 12 ministros y ayudarlos a tener éxito en su misión mientras construimos nuestra joven nación. Juntos podemos construir un gobierno de Asgardia más fuerte, que sea capaz y esté listo para guiar a Asgardia hacia el futuro.

Bom dia, boa tarde ou boa noite a todos, Estava curioso sobre a opinião da maioria dos Brasileiros em relação ao conceito de Asgardia por vivermos em um país tão diferente. 1 ) A maioria de vocês tem consenso que a Asgardia possui uma ideia praticamente utópica em questão da conquista do universo e da vivencia da nossa sociedade. Vocês todos são a favor ou presumidamente acreditam que as coisas em Asgardia deveriam mudar por ser impossível? 2 ) Estariam dispostos em viver em um mundo realmente igualitário onde religião, cultura e afins não seriam mais usados para tirar proveito do outro? Minha opinião é um pouco derivado da realidade de muitos, que sim é possível, mas não vai ser uma coisa conquistada de um dia pro outro, mas através de muitas mudanças e sacrifícios na forma de nosso convívio, afinal pessoas são SIM diferentes mas possuem um potencial equivalente. Se eu consigo viver em uma sociedade onde a empatia e a unidade é apreciada e procurada, sei que o resto da população também conseguiria. Mas claro que isso é uma teoria, independentes dos milhares de anos que nós vivemos em uma sociedade globalizada, ainda não é o suficiente pra termos uma conclusão de algo.

today a story about working.. in the past.. it where not the pharaoh's who build the pyramid's but the slaves.. it where not the kings who build the castles but the masons.. it where not politics who made nations but workers.. so my question is who shall eventually make our spaceships.. - if we now look at Asgardia then we have the levels politic and business in place but those are not the people who will build spaceships.. it will be astronauts who will do a job in space.. something like divers welding under water.. - for Asgardia it would be interesting to start up a working class under analog astronauts who make pieces on earth.. like for example in aluminum.. then with an astronaut-training upgrade them for space.. in fact we can do all these things today to have the space-workers in place for when they are needed in the future with the needed knowledge and experiences.. Grtz, Dirk.

The national memory is a form of collective memory defined by shared experiences and culture. It is an integral part of national identity. It is a collective collection of what we have seen, what we will witness, and what we wish to tell our future generations. The reality check is that our generation will not go to space (hopefully I am wrong) and maybe I am too early with this idea, but to collect and archive our most valued moments and achievements are of utmost importance. So to tackle this, I would actually suggest making a digital platform that houses the information and events that we witness. Most things happen digitally, after all, something physical is not yet at hand. We will cross that bridge when it comes to it. Maybe to explore the possibilities of an interactive page of key milestone moments that are very important to us. What do you all think?

Humans evolved to educate themselves — not sit in rows. All normal children are intensely curious, playful and sociable, beginning at birth or shortly after. A fourth drive, which we might call "planfulness" — the drive to think about and make plans for the future–emerges and strengthens as children grow older. It is reasonable to refer to these drives as the "educative drives". The biological foundations of these drives, encoded in DNA, have been shaped by natural selection, over our evolutionary history, to serve the purpose of education. Our standard schools quite deliberately suppress these drives, especially the first three of them, in the interest of promoting conformity and keeping children fixed to the school’s curriculum. Self Directed Education operate by allowing these natural drives to flourish. Here is a bit of elaboration on each of these drives and how they interact with one another to promote education: CURIOSITY Aristotle began his great work on the origin of knowledge (Metaphysica) with the words, “Human beings are naturally curious about things.” Nothing could be truer. We are intensely curious, from the moment of our birth to, in many cases, the moment of our death. Within hours of birth, infants begin to look longer at novel objects than at those they have already seen. As they gain mobility, first with their arms and hands and then their legs, they use that mobility to explore ever-larger realms of their environment. They want to understand the objects in their environment, and they particularly want to know what they can do with those objects. That’s why they are continuously getting into things, always exploring. That’s why, once they have language, they ask so many questions. Such curiosity does not diminish as children grow older, unless schooling quashes it, but continues to motivate ever more sophisticated modes of exploration and experimentation. Children are, by nature, scientists. PLAYFULNESS The drive to play serves educative purposes complementary to those of curiosity. While curiosity motivates children to seek new knowledge and understanding, playfulness motivates them to practice new skills and use those skills creatively. Children everywhere, when they are free to do so and have plenty of playmates, spend enormous amounts of time playing. They play to have fun, not deliberately to educate themselves, but education is the side effect for which the strong drive to play came about in the course of evolution. They play at the full range of skills that are crucial to their long-term survival and wellbeing. They play in physical ways, as they climb, chase, and rough-and-tumble, and that is how they develop strong bodies and graceful movement. They play in risky ways, and that is how they learn to manage fear and develop courage. They play with language, and that is how they become competent with language. They play socially, with other children, and that is how they learn to negotiate, compromise, and get along with peers. They play games with implicit or explicit rules, and that is how they learn to follow rules. They play imaginative games, and that is how they learn to think hypothetically and creatively. They play with logic, and that is how they become logical. They play at building things, and that is how they learn to build. They play with the tools of their culture, and that is how they become skilled at using those tools. Play is not recess from education; it IS education. Children learn far more in play, and with far more joy, than they could possibly learn in a classroom. SOCIABILITY We humans are not only the most curious and playful of mammals, but also the most social. Our children come into the world with an instinctive understanding that their survival and wellbeing depend on their ability to connect with and learn from other people. All humans, but especially young humans, want to know what those around them know and share their own thoughts and knowledge with others. Anthropologists report that children everywhere learn more by watching and listening to the people around them than through any other means.[1] Our most unique adaptation for social life, which enhances tremendously our ability to learn from one another, is language. Almost as soon as they can talk at all, children start to ask questions. They don’t want to be told about things that don’t interest them, but they almost demand to be told about things that do. Language allows us to share all sorts of information with one another. It allows us to tell one another not just about the here and now, but also about the past, future, and hypothetical. As the philosopher Daniel Dennett put it in a chapter on language and intelligence, “Comparing our brains with bird brains or dolphin brains is almost beside the point, because our brains are in effect joined together into a single cognitive system that dwarfs all others. They are joined by an innovation that has invaded our brain and no others: language.”[2] Self-directed learners, eagerly and naturally, hook themselves into that network. Today, because of the Internet, that cognitive system is bigger than ever before. Young people with access to the Internet have access to the whole world of hypotheses, ideas, and information. Self-Directed Education has never been easier. PLANFULNESS We, far more than any other species, have the capacity to think ahead. In fact, we are driven to do so. We don’t just react to immediate conditions; we make plans and follow through on those plans. This is the most consciously cognitive of our basic educative drives, and it develops more slowly than the others. As children grow older, they become increasingly able and motivated to plan ahead, and ever farther ahead. This is the drive that leads self-directed learners to think about their life goals, big and small, and to deliberately seek out the knowledge and practice the skills needed to achieve those goals. Cognitive scientists refer to this capacity to make plans and carry them out as self-directed executive functioning. Research by such scientists has shown that children who have ample free time to play and explore on their own and with other children, independent of adults, develop this capacity more fully than do children who spend more time in adult-structured activities.[3] That is not surprising. When children create their own activities, without adult control, they are continuously practicing the ability to make plans and carry them out. They make mistakes, but they learn from those mistakes. [by Prof. Dr. Peter Gray] [1] Lancy, D. F., Bock, J., & Gaskins, S. (2010). Putting learning into context. In D. F. Lancy, J. Bock, & S. Gaskins (Eds.), The anthropology of learning in childhood, 3–10. AltaMira Press. [2] Dennett, D. C. (1994). Language and intelligence. In J. Khalfa (Ed.), What is intelligence? Cambridge University Press. [3] Barker, J. et al (2014). Less-structured time in children’s lives predicts self-directed executive functioning. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1-16.

Currently we do not have sovereign terrestrial territory and I believe we never will. That leaves us with "digital territory", and there the sky is the limit. The Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States supports the declarative theory of statehood ( and nationhood) in that we are a nation because we say so and do not need the acceptance of others to be such. The first sentence of Article 3 explicitly states that "The political existence of the state is independent of recognition by the other states." I am attending the US Space Force and Air Force Legal Conference, and one of the subjects that came up: When a city is created on another orbiting body, moon or mars - and permanent habitation is achieved, does that make them a state in their own right, as no earth state can claim sovereignty in space? This idea and thinking was offered by a law professor of the university of Nebraska, and the idea is also used in a lot of his exams for legal and military students. Think of the future that holds and how that works or can work to the advantage of Asgardia as a nation without any earth territory where we are not bound by the Outer Space Treaty on current earth nations.