"Parliament Candidates, what can you do in five years to help Asgardia work towards a space station? How can we plan, research, and budget in the near future to lay a foundation which lets us grow towards a habitat in orbit or on the moon?"

The first I can do is to recognize that no one person can achieve this goal.  The next is to understand that I am not a subject matter expert in the technologies that will get us into space.  I do have a technology background and work in the Information Technology field.  I believe some of my strongest contributions to this endeavor is my ability to build people and teams; level headiness is high-pressure situations.  I will work collaboratively with subject matter experts in the various specialties leading to the final goal.  I tend to be a realist.  The general road map to space habitation is as follows:

• Securing the financial future of Asgardia
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• Gaining recognition as an independent country
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• Acceptance as a member of the United Nations
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• Acquire the funding to develop the base or foundation technologies that will lead to space habitation
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• Acquire the technical expertise.
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• Developing the technology for long-term space habitation.  Alternately, you would only allow short-term stays until the technology catches up.

With respect to the technological and human factors we must overcome, please read the following article: https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/astronaut-scott-kelly-on-the-devastating-effects-of-a-year-in-space-20170922-gyn9iw.html

I have seen theories on how to create artificial gravity in space but neither NASA in the USA or Russia have actually put forth this technology.  We will also need to reduce the radiation exposure to earth levels.  We must overcome these two fundamental technologies for the safe habitation of space.

The following is my contribution to securing Asgardia’s financial future.  It is on piece of the puzzle but I believe it to have great potential:

https://asgardia.space/en/blog/24002-asgardia39s-financial-independencenbsp/

In my mind, this is all possible as long as we work together and not push the timeline due to arbitrary political goals.  Let space habitation happen only when the technology has been successfully developed.

“Asgardia.  One People And One Vision. Together We Can.”

https://asgardia.space/en/blog/22849-candidate-for-parliament/

Ciao a tutti,

ho il piacere di comunicarvi che è stato aperto il Primo gruppo Asgardiano Italiano su Facebook, opera del mio collega Nicola Macina.

Un posto dove fare domande, proporre idee e conoscerci meglio condividendo la passione per la scienza, la tecnologia e l’innovazione.

Ecco il link, accorrete numerosi!

https://m.facebook.com/groups/227319444613322

Un caro saluto.

Valerio Traldi

Asgardian Mayor of Rome

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