Can we have a solar-room in space? I would like to feel the warmed and good feeling about sunbathing. Maybe a big screen with a beautiful blue sky with a clear sun and some infrared and other light-spots to create the feeling. Grtz, Dirk. **Mod Edit** Moved from general discussion to Off Topic forum for further discussion. Zahira 03-02-2017, 12:25am

Hi all, What do you guys think about Linux. I have lots of old hardware and i can install Linux on every machine. It has a very stable version and the newer versions are updated every day or so. It is working with most standard sort of software and can work on low specs. I have updated my main work/hobby computer at home with it and i am pleased. Maybe we could start some Linux group in Asgardia and use it for scientific purposes. Thoughts? Grtz, Dirk.

Hello everyone! [Voices Of Asgardia Radio](http://voicesofasgardia.com/ "VOA Homepage") is looking for 2 to 4 voicers, people to record jingles and ads and infomercials for the radio station. Preferably, you have acces to recording equipment, a vocal booth and you speak either fluent Mandarin or fluent Hindi. You can send your submissions to: admin@voicesofasgardia.com

As the forum topics of country's are now needing access with a login we are separate from the public like for example the search engines. That allows us to do some more Asgardia orientated stuff like discussing, building and presenting projects. Ok it will be text only for the moment but it is a beginning. Later when the blogs arrive we can add media to it. I thank the whole Asgardia-team to give us this possibility, Thank You. Grtz, Dirk.

Hello everyone! Biomimicry is the part of biology where engineers look at what an animal can do and try to mimic that in their inventions. A common misconception about biomimicry is that it uses animals in their machines, but that is not the case. In biomimicry we look at nature and use it as an template. Let me give an example: The most popular example is gecko feet. The little creatures are able to climb upside down on a seiling, making use of intermolecular forces. The reason they can do this is because they have have really big atoms on the underside of their feet. Scientists and engineers tried to make small robots that use this concept to climb walls, and they actually managed to do it. I think this is important because animals are easily forgotten when inventing things. We might be able to use systems found in animals to optimize life at our new home. Leave your ideas in the comments below, I would love to hear them! Greetings Jens

I do not know about you guys and girls... but i can read as of now the latest issue online. :-D Thanks to the ROOM-team. Grtz, Dirk.

Is there something about euthanasia in the constitution? Or is that not supposed to be there. Grtz, Dirk.

Our vision is based on reflections, so, what if all colours in the universe would be reversed. The sun would be blue and our atmosphere would be yellow. Thoughts? Grtz, Dirk.

Observing that : *- Asgardia was established from the ideal of scientific excellence ;* *- There has never been, in the history of mankind, the opportunity to carefully design a completely new economic system ;* *- The present topics focus mainly on currency and resources without proper framework ;* I wish to weigh in on the discussion of Asgardian economics, presenting my knowledge of economic theory for the Asgardian greater good. Since Asgardia is supposed to establish itself as a beacon for scientific excellence, I propose the following : we construct, from generally accepted economic theory, a framework in which we would like the Asgardian economy to operate, from which we can futher derive practical implementation. Also, considering the ability of a scientific society and the eagerness with which fellow Asgardians have promoted the use of a digital block-chain currency, we must consider a framework that is flexible enough to allow experimentation. But first, to create our base economic framework, we must determine our core value that determines the theoretic framework we will apply. We are confronted with three possibilities for how we want the Asgardian state to operate: *1 A pure liberal (libertarian) state, in which the government collects a very limited budget to support its main tasks (i.e. security and justice), economic policy is based on the Laissez-Faire principle;* *2 A Welfare state, in which the state allows for individual decision making, private ownership and entrepreneurship but tries to limit (or completely eliminate) externalities and market failures and protects its citizens against the hardships of the market;* *3 A communist/Marxian state, in which the state functions as a benevolent social planner, owns all properties and determines all inputs and outputs.* Note that this is in essence a philosophical question that ought to be presented before the whole Asgardian population. Yet, for the sake of the argument I will propose the following: *- Given that Asgardia ought to improve scientific research and that there will be large costs for the promotion of space travel/exploration, a pure liberal state will not suffice;* *- Given that current Asgardians are spread out over planet Earth (and with the future in mind, will be spread out across the galaxy), a central planner won’t suffice either;* *- Lastly, a pure liberal state assumes externalities and market failure do not exist and a central planner assumes perfect knowledge, thus a welfare state system can be perfectly replicated if certain parameters in the models are adapted accordingly.* Therefor I propose the ‘Welfare state’ as our core value to further the analysis. To continue the construction of a fundamental economic framework for Asgardia, the main actors of the economy must be revised. I will derive these main actors from Macroeconomic theory. Macroeconomic theory distinguishes between Short-run equilibrium and Long-run equilibrium. These can be represented in the following (basic) formulas: SR: Y = C + I + G + E – Z LR: Y = f(K,H,A,L) Where we have: Y: aggregate output or more generally GDP; C: private consumption I: private investment G: government expenditure E: export Z: import F(.): the production function (which is usually determined as a Cobb-Douglas function, but that is not necessary at this point) K: the capital stock (with which is meant the total of infrastructure, machines, etc, not standard idea of capital in the form of financial assets) H: human capital, mostly represented as education and experience A: technological progress L: labour From this we can derive some main actors: 1. Consumers (or more clearly: the citizens of Asgardia), who: consume, invest in housing, invest in their education and supply labour; 2. Firms: that invest in the capital stock, invest in research and development and demand labour; 3. The government: that applies taxes, transfers, invests in public capital such as roads, pays for public consumption and invests in human capital (insofar it pays for public education) and public research (either through government agencies or through public universities); 4. Foreign countries: determine the terms for export and import; Our further analysis should involve the determinants for these actors. Note that so far the question of money has not been touched! I would like to hear some opinions first, before I continue my analysis of an appropriate framework. (Also, I have exams so I have but limited time at the moment xD ) One humanity, one unity!

Am i now a Belgian Asgardian or an Asgardian Belgian? ;-) Grzt,Dirk.

New Flag Designs. I have put up a new flag with something added from the latest address. EDIT: seems i misunderstand the latest address, the flag design has nothing to do with the latest address, so no need to change the flags. Sorryyyyy. Grtz, Dirk.

Hello, You can find the new video from Igor Ashurbeyli's on the home-page . Belgium WAS at place 20 with 1,592 registered Belgians from a total of 149308 certified Asgardians. Grtz, Dirk. PS: Thkx, Exorf. ;-)

Will there be a briefing or address at 12 January 2017? Grtz, Dirk.

From the UN: "War is never inevitable. It is always a matter of choice: the choice to exclude, to discriminate, to marginalize, to resort to violence". -- -- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaking to the UN Security Council on Tuesday. (from today, Dirk.) Grtz, Dirk.

Hi, Is earth-lava a good starter for a biosphere in space? Grtz, Dirk.