I was thinking I know we won't get to space in my lifetime as a whole county but for the future of our children, who will likely achieve our goals of independence from Earth, their bodies wouldn't take the stress of eating Earth food, e.i. Hamburgers and stuff to processed food from Agricultural farms up there, if we could start to develop plans to make that food available now we could alter our diet to a more course mix of fruits grains, nuts and a lil meat so our bodies can adapt to that and our DNA for that will carry over. Make it easier for them to thrive. But this is all food for thought* I'm not a scientist or anything like that. Just a concerned Asgardian.

eng: Let this be the first small brick from me in the construction of our large nation. I propose to make minor changes in the design of posts of Asgardians - to understand what topic or community the post refers to. Goal: 1. To increase the degree of involvement of Asgardians in the work of thematic communities: he learns about the existence of such a community and joins if the publications find a response (now the number of communities is 239 and every day more and more it is difficult to find “close” communities); 2. Saving time of the Asgardian: understanding the context of publication, a response is generated much faster (response, repost, etc.) Three weeks ago, I sent a similar offer to tech support (support@asgardia.space), but did not receive any response (see photo): «I propose to make minor changes in the design of posts of Asgardians - to understand what topic or community the post refers to. Now friends' posts just appear in my dashboard and without a context it’s not clear how to react to it. If at the beginning of the post it was indicated in which place of the site it was published: a personal blog, community, etc., then everything would be clearer. Better yet, if the link to the place of publication would be clickable - so that you can go and get acquainted with the space of publication. In the attached example (1), the Jordan Ballega post appeared on my dashboard, but I don’t understand what this post refers to. Of course, I intuitively understood and found (2) the corresponding community, but it would be more convenient to see this (3). Thanks for attention.» What should be my next steps: 1. Relax and do nothing else; 2. Write a petition on the site and collect 1000 votes (https://asgardia.space/en/petitions/new); 3. Write to the community “Parliament Q&A (Unofficial)?” The site of Asgardia is our only platform for work, communication, and it should allow us to work highly productively ... rus: Тема: Упоминание в посте места его публикации. Пусть это будет первым маленьким кирпичом от меня в строительство нашей большой нации. Предлагаю внести незначительные изменения в оформлении постов асгардианцев - для понимания к какой теме или комьюнити пост относится. Цель: 1. Повысить степень вовлечённости асгардианцев в работу тематических сообществ: он узнаёт о существовании такого комьюнити и присоединяется, если публикации находят отклик (уже сейчас число комьюнити - 239 и с каждым днём всё больше и больше – сложно отыскать «близкие» сообщества); 2. Экономия времени асгардианца: понимая контекст публикации гораздо быстрее рождается ответная реакция (ответ, репост и т.д.) Три недели назад я отправил подобное предложение в техподдержку (support@asgardia.space), но никакой ответной реакции не получил (см. фото): «Предлагаю внести незначительные изменения в оформлении постов асгардианцев - для понимания к какой теме или комьюнити пост относится. Сейчас посты друзей просто появляются в моем дашборде и без контекста не понятно как на него реагировать. Если бы в начале поста было указано в каком месте сайта он опубликован: личный блог, комьюнити и т.п., то все было бы понятнее. Еще лучше если ссылка на место публикации была бы кликабельной - чтобы можно было перейти и познакомиться с пространством публикации. В прилагаемом примере (1) пост Jordan Ballega появился в моём дашборде, но мне непонятно к чему относится этот пост. Я конечно интуитивно понял и нашёл (2) соответствующее комьюнити, но было бы удобнее видеть так (3). Спасибо за внимание.» Какими должны быть мои последующие действия: 1. Расслабиться и ничего более не делать; 2. Написать петицию на сайте и собрать 1000 голосов (https://asgardia.space/en/petitions/new); 3. Написать в сообщество «Parliament Q&A (Unofficial) ? Сайт Асгардии - это наш единственная площадка для работы, общения и он должен позволять трудиться высокопродуктивно…

Roundup with Ross

Hello again my fellow Asgardians. It’s been another awesome few weeks since the last post (and yes, I did say that I would do it weekly but let’s all agree to retcon that.) Bit of a longer post this time round, but I'll post up a more streamlined summary piece soon.

What’s Asgardia currently doing?

I’ve been seeing a lot of comments and questions on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram wondering what’s going on in Asgardia and I wanted to take a little time out to discuss what we’re up to.

Most people reading this blog will come from an established nation – They will be used to a certain level or order. A status-quo with their Government where they have rules, laws, civil services, taxes and so on – And it’s likely been this way since birth. So, it’s easy to understand why people may well take these things for granted.

These nations, in most cases, have spend hundreds of years to get where they are – some nations will have had thousands of years – But in our case, we’ve just been running for just over two years. We need to build everything from Scratch! Our laws, our services, our economy, our infrastructure, our Government and everything else besides.

The order in which this is done is very important – Because we need to establish strong foundations that the nation will be able to build upon. At the moment, Asgardia is working on three main areas:

1. Formation of Government
2. Development of Economy
3. Development of Legislation

Formation of Government

Ana Diaz, Chairman of the Government is currently working to put a Government together and is taking care to get people with real, credible experience to help our fledgeling nation take these first steps. Asgardia has to deal with a lot of 'nay-saying', and the solution of making sure that Government is stocked with credible industry power-houses is a good way to show people how serious we are.

As I said in my last post Leon Shpilsky was appointed as the Acting Minister of Finance . This week, we also announced that eminent scientist, Floris Wuyts was appointed as the Acting Minister of Science .

This is a man with over 200 publisihed works, 4000 citations and a specialisation in the ares of space physiology.

I can't think of anyone more fitting to lead our Nation's Science efforts. There are more candidates and more appointments on the horizon, so keep your eyes open for those.

Development of the Economy

In the world of today, a Nation's economy is its lifeblood. Until we live in a world that doesn't run on money, Asgardia needs to find a way to become financially capable. Its no secret that achieving our goals is going to require a serious amount of money - Launching Satellites, running services for citizens, building a telecoms network, establishing settlements on the moon - none of this will be possible if Asgardia doesn't find a way to generate income.

"Asgardia will work to develop an economy, Initially focussing on the Digital services sector that would give back to Citizens"

One of the key focusses at the moment is on doing just that - with the formation of Parliament's Finance Committee and appointment of the Minister of Finance, Leon Schpilsky, Asgardia is moving forward with the development of important systems that our economy will be built on.

Asgardia held its first Financial Congress in Nice where a lot of work was done to build an understanding of our current challenges and get the ball rolling on finding solutions to them - Dr. Igor Ashurbeyli postulated that Asgardia will work to develop an economy, Initially focussing on the Digital services sector that would give back to Citizens when there was surplus profits.

Testing on the SOLAR is currently underway - a vote has been called to determine the most popular tradable currencies in Asgardia so that the effects of trade and initial rates of the SOLAR can be determined and more details of the currency are expected to be passed to Parliament as early January 2019.

Asgardia will also be attending one of the biggest and most influential financial events this year - the World Economic Forum which brings together business leaders, investors, politicians and journalists from across the globe to discuss current global economic and social issues - An important venue for a new Nation.

In Paraliment's winter session, it is also expected that they will be discussing and voting upon the budgets for 2019

And, as we all know by now, the Citizenship Fee has also been launched, giving Asgardians a chance to lend some financial support to the nation and get in line to become some of Asgardia's first legally recognised citizens.

Development of Legislation

Without a common set of 'rules of engagement', it would be a rather chaotic Nation. Asgardia's laws will govern how people are expected to conduct themselves in a multitude of areas and ensure that there is a fair framework that protects people's rights and freedoms that are outlined in the constitution.

The Legislative body of Asgardia, Parliament , has been hard at work. They have been holding meetings, drafting documents, attending Parliamentary sittings and have already put two laws and several key amendments into force. Two princple laws have been given 'ascent' by the head of nation and its likely that more are on the way following Parliament's Winter Sitting.

But wait... There's more

There are a lot of other areas that Asgardia is working on that I can't really talk much about at the moment but to name a few;

1. Our Website
2. New communication systems for Asgardian Residents
3. Physical Resident ID cards
4. Bi-lateral relations with nations and organisations
5. Public Relations

And in amongst those things there is all the work that's being done by the people that manage the support mailbox, the people that keep the website up and running, the people that are publishing interesting news items on asgardia.space, the moderators, graphic designers, public relations, marketing-- It might not always be easy to see, but I can assure you that the wheels are turning and progress is being made.

There are a lot of things in the works to help create that vision we all believe in! If you want to help make Asgardia a reality, then why not consider contributing with the Citizenship Fee, or, Running as a Mayor for your city.

If you found this useful, then please be sure to comment, upvote and share the post!

Good day Asgardians!

Today is an important day in our history as the draft of the Asgardia Constitution has been posted! We'd like your input on it so please review and let us know what you think!

https://asgardia.space/en/page/chronicles/Asgardia-Constitution-Draft

You can either comment here the official Facebook page or on the thread created for it on the forum. We will be compiling them into a full feedback document.

Let's hear your voices Asgardia!

One Unity, One Community

Rebekah Berg
Head of Community Affairs
NGO Asgardia

Today is Dr. Igor Ashurbeyli's Birthday! [Dr. Ashurbeyli is the visionary behind Asgardia, the First Space Nation in the History of Mankind, that unites all of us here, which he founded on October 12th 2016 in Paris. He is the one who made it possible that I could post this message here and for you to read it!] Thank you Dr. Ashurbeyli, Happy Birthday to you and many happy returns for a great year ahead, full of successes and new project ideas for the future of our Space Nation!

Under the leadership of chairman Ram Jakhu, the CEC has reviewed the candidacies and confirmed the independent Voting Commission, comprised of the following Asgardians:

Paul Bellamy (Asgardian from Australia) -Chairman

John Spiropulos (Asgardian from Hong Kong) - member

Robert Thomas (Asgardian from the USA) - member

Derek Newhouse (Asgardian from Canada) - member

Alex Sautin (Asgardian from Russia) - member

With the support of 1World Online, an independent data management company, represented by Alex Fedosseev (USA)

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Create an outreach program; we must be visible in our communities so that others can see that Asgardians are normal people.

Find a venue where Houston Asgardians can meet and discuss ways to improve the organization and to inform the major of concerns that citizens are having.

Provide childcare for single mothers, so that they can pursue their education and careers goals.

Create a health insurance program for members that do not have insurance and lobby our local officials to improve and provide universal health care for Asgardians.

Create a facility where Asgardian children can receive help on school assignments, have after school activities, and receive mentorship from adult Asgardians.