Premesso che ho fatto qualche ricerca, anche se forse non così approfondita, e che non ho conoscenze legali a mia volta, chiederei agli esperti legali eventualmente presenti nel chapter (mi pare ce ne sia almeno uno) una definizione di " spazio internazionale ".

Mi spiego meglio: sappiamo che le " acque internazionali " sono quelle che, genericamente (senza entrar troppo in dettaglio), vanno oltre le " 12 miglia " dalle coste di una nazione (definite "acque interne e territoriali"). Ora... sebbene i mari abbiano una profondità , la definizione è "bidimensionale" nel senso che tutto quello che si trova "sotto" la superficie marina, è ritenuto "parte della" nazione se entro le 12 miglia, esattamente come il suolo e sottosuolo, senza limitazione di profondità (chiaramente la "limitazione geometrica" è costituita dal fatto che il diritto si ferma al centro della Terra e non prosegue oltre... anche se, idealmente, potrebbe).

Cosa avviene, invece, "sopra"? So che esiste uno " spazio aereo ", che viene però definito, sempre in termini bidimensionali, più che altro relativamente ai " servizi al volo " offerti agli aeromobili, secondo le definizioni ICAO , la cui estensione superiore è chiamata UIR ( upper flight information region ).
Quel che intendo è: fin dove , in altezza, si estende la " sovranità aerea " di uno Stato? ovvero, credo, dove inizia lo " spazio " (che, penso, dovrebbe essere internazionale)?
La domanda che ne consegue è: i satelliti che ruotano attorno alla Terra, posto che le orbite, per ovvi motivi, sono ben note, non dispongono di "orbite di proprietà " degli Stati proprietari degli stessi, giusto? (ho un amico convinto che sia così) Nemmeno le "costellazioni" di satelliti, quali i vari sistemi GPS (americano, russo, cinese, ed ora europeo), credo.
Da questa pagina leggo che " in astronautica la mesosfera viene considerata il confine con lo spazio interplanetario " (quindi 50 km di altitudine) oltre il quale dovrebbe valere il Trattato sullo spazio extra-atmosferico che però, per il poco che ho letto, non definisce esattamente l'altitudine oltre la quale cessa la sovranità nazionale (tant'è che, nel 1976 con la "Dichiarazione di Bogotà", otto nazioni hanno reclamato il controllo del " percorso orbitale geosincrono " (ovvero " quello che ti passa sulla testa e resta fermo (sincrono) in posizione ").

La curiosità verte su un discorso che si faceva in merito al "territorio" di Asgardia: siccome proprio il territorio è uno dei punti cardine, stabiliti dalle Nazioni Unite, per potersi definire "nazione", c'era chi proponeva di mettere, in acque internazionali, dei pontoni galleggianti ed usarli come "base territoriale" onde poi richiedere lo status di "nazione". La mia impressione è che, se AIRC riuscirà a mettere in orbita un satellite anche piccolo, e questo risiederà quindi nello "spazio internazionale", lo stesso dovrebbe poter essere usato come "territorio" e fornire la "base territoriale" alla prossima richiesta alle NU.

My kind of party!
I'm going to start doing this every year, then send invitations to only the people who attended.
The 1st party will be held in 1977. See you there. 🥂

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/stephen-hawking-time-travelers-party

This article briefly discusses my recent experiences with the press following some publications that I was interviewed for and raises concerns over the narrative.

This is a cross-post from my blog: www.nerdblog.co.uk
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Recently, there have been a couple of publications that have contacted me for my opinions as an active Asgardian and because I’m running for a community leadership position. They’ve all been writing articles about Asgardia, Taxes, diplomacy and our goals.

It struck me just how difficult it must be for them to write a well rounded article and try to make sense of all that information that’s swirling around about Asgardia.

Each time that I’ve been contacted about Asgardia – I’ve provided a very lengthy succinct response to their questions and each time, 99% of what I said has had to be cut.

Due to the issue of space and time (not in the same way that Asgardians think about space and time.) my very succinct answers have been boiled down to ‘soundbites’. Now, I don’t blame the authors for this, but it does make it difficult to have a meaningful narrative on Asgardia.

I will provide an example of the extent that things are getting condensed.

Question:
“The specific issue of the low number of women among Asgardians (15% per cent of the 100,000 who approved the constitution, Lena told me) has come up. Does that bother you personally? Wouldn’t that be a problem if there was a colony in space with only 15% women?”

My answer:
“I think that's something that can be thought about on multiple levels. Firstly; Asgardia's goal isn't specifically to populate space with its own citizens but to make space accessible by all people and to see humanity as a single people in that respect. It aims to make space peaceful and separate it from the conflicts on earth.

"Asgardia is also unique from a philosophical aspect – to serve entire humanity and each and everyone, regardless of his or her personal welfare and the prosperity of the country where they happened to be born."

(https://asgardia.space/en/word)

I think that the vision that Asgardia is moving to create a utopian society and populate it with its own people so the number of women from this perspective doesn't specifically apply.

Further to that, I don't think that it's unusual to see more interest from men than women in this sort of area. It's very reminiscent of the STEM -- This project is about Science, Engineering, Technology -- an area that women, classically at least, are under-represented in.

I think that once the community starts to be more widely accepted as something more than theoretical, the population will start to further diversify.

And when the prospect of actually going to space is on the table, I'm certain that will be of interest to everyone, regardless of their gender.

Add to that the fact that some of our highest-ranking members are females, I can rest secure in the fact that women have strong representation.

To answer your question directly: 15% of 100,000 is 15,000 people, the number of people required to repopulate is 160. 15,000 : 85:000 would provide more than enough bio-diversity to create a successful population. But I don't think that it will come down to that.”

What was printed:
“As for the worrying dearth of women, he said: “When the prospect of actually going to space is on the table, I'm certain that will be of interest to everyone, regardless of their gender”. In any case, 15 per cent would provide “more than enough biodiversity to create a successful population” ”

So, you can see here that a large section of my actual response was cut out in order to present a friendly ‘bite’ of my overall point and moreover, most of the questions I answered only served to provide some context, or were cut entirely. Now, that is perhaps part of the ‘art form’ of the author of an article when space is limited.

But it definitely raises the question: What can Asgardia do to control the narrative about the project and help others to understand, with more depth, what Asgardia is about without diluting the message.

WE ARE STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF MEN LIKE HIM TO OBSERVE BEYOND AND FARTHER. HE IS ALIVE IN OUR HEART, MIND AND WATCHING US FROM STARS.  R.I.P

As much as I get the flu shot every year, wash my hands and do everything I can to NOT get sick.... this year the flu has nailed me.   While it’s not the worst case in the world it just proves I can’t always avoid it.   So I’m feeling Blah but still excited to see how our elections went, when they are finalized.  Be safe and healthymout their folks!

Adım Esat

Ben 18 yaşındayım.Uzaya hayatım boyunca gitmek istedim ve bunun bir fırsatına bu proje kapsamıyla bulacağım.Sehirlerin gürültüsü ve uzayın göz alabildiğine sessizliğini karşılaştıracak olursak uzay bana göre daha cazip geliyor. (Bu yazıyı kendimi tanıtmak için yazdım.)

My name is Esat

I am 18 years old. I wanted to go through my life for a long time and I will find this opportunity with the scope of this project. Space is more attractive to me than the noise of the cities and the silence of space. (I wrote this article to introduce myself.)

My job can be we everything on useful. I am good at math and problem solving, I  can create instantly useful ideas.

Congratulations to all those that voted on the constitution, you’re the first ‘official’ citizens of Asgardia, not just space tourists 😊

Citizens of Asgardia have the right to receive Asgardia’s documents for free; upload their files to Asgardia-1 and future satellites without charge; nominate themselves for leadership and Parliamentary positions; work in the government and become local representatives. Citizens can bring forth petitions, including those to update the Constitution.

The ‘state’ of the nation is still very disorganized. It’s going to fall to the community members of Asgardia to start pulling together and getting organized. It’s important to know that this will be a gradual process. Rome wasn’t built in a day, neither will Asgardia be.

Community Leadership Elections

Okay. So this one is pretty important. To start getting people to work together, we need to start creating active community groups and the best way to do this is to start voting for and electing community leaders, Debutants, Strategists, Trendsetters and so on.

These people will be able to start organizing more community action, support petitions, allocate budgets, form committees and will eventually undertake fundraising activities, too (which is the principle source of funding for Asgardia.)

Parliament

Now that the constitution has been accepted, it will be important to start setting up the actual government. We’re going to need all those ministries, banks and government services to be fully operational if we’re ever going to be taken seriously as a nation.

The actual conditions and guidelines for Parliament positions are still yet to be determined and are likely to be determined after the leadership elections end in September / October (though that date might shift.)

Getting word out

Asgardia is still relatively unknown, though we have had some press success, there is still a lot more that we can do to build up a strong image of our nation. Spreading the word about Asgardia and doing what you can to build support will go a long way to helping us get more citizens in the future, and to help us be taken more seriously by other members of the international community.

Getting down to business.

Asgardia is open to start-up companies, bringing your business into Asgardia’s jurisdiction will help the economic growth of the nation. Getting to know people in your local area, making connections and sharing skills and resources would be a great way to start your business in Asgardia.

A great way to really help build up the business is to try to use the goods and services of other Asgardians, making everyone in our community more prosperous and pumping some life into our economy.

Official Documents.

Now that the constitution has been voted on, it’s possible to start thinking about official documents. ID cards will come first – these will be tied into your ‘presence’ within Asgardian and will be linked to banking and government services. It’s likely that you’ll need to travel as these documents will be picked up in person, one such office is in Vienna – but it’s likely that there will be embassies, representatives and consulates that will be set up at a later date.

This certainly isn’t an exhaustive list, there is a lot of work that needs to be done to make our nation a success. Good luck and I’ll see you out there.

regards,

Ross

I am currently running for a community leadership position, please consider voting for me.

Name: Jewell "Zahira" Ledoux

Country: Morocco

Volunteer Position / Department: Volunteers Coordinator

Brief background about me: I was born in Luling Louisiana. I am a foodie and really enjoy many different types of cuisine. A couple of my favorites are Spanish and Italian. I also have a strong interest in technology and space. I hope to one day be able to try AI in a work environment with virtual reality. Professionally I am an Office Coordinator, but have had extensive experience in several different fields. A couple of my favorite places to work was a Wireless Company doing technical support and a Behavioral Health Service. I enjoy meeting new people, helping people and sharing ideas on topics of interest. My hobbies are cooking, baking, shopping (window shopping) and moments with friends and family. I'm sure it would be no surprise that I have an affinity for the Internet. I am currently brushing up on some basic coding skills and practicing on some graphic design abilities as well.

What brought me to Asgardia? I am looking for a better opportunity for my kids to live in. I wish that I could to, but endeavors such as this one will take many years to become a reality. I only wish for peace, tolerance and safety. I think everyone deserves at least that much. From there we can build the life and environment we wish for ourselves and future generations to enjoy. The concept of Asgardia encompasses all of those ideas for me.

What I like about Asgardia? The thing I like most about Asgardia, it is an opportunity for a future that many have only been able to dream of, and spent their whole lives wishing for. A chance for Unity and a place where humanity can be free to be human. A place where we can one day have equal respect, tolerance and rights. It's a dream worth working to bring into reality.

What I hope the future will bring with Asgardia? I hope for Peace, Tolerance, Prosperity and Safety. May we be successful!