Lena De Winne, the CEO and Vice-President of Asgardia NGO, provided an analogy to answer this question. “There is a saying – don’t confuse tourism and immigration,” she said. She compared citizens of Asgardia – those who accepted the Constitution – to legal residents of a country, and those who chose not to support the Constitution – to tourists. “If you like a country, if you want to live there, if you want to be part of that system, it’s only natural that you abide by the established regulations in that country,” she explained. “And in most countries, that would be the Constitution. Anybody in the first 100,000 will have the right and are welcome to exercise the right to get Asgardia’s citizenship for free.” “Citizens are those who support the Constitution, the basic makeup of the country. So, we consider those who have voted for the Constitution citizens as in when, for example, a referendum was happening on whatever might be the subject, these people are entitled to vote. As far as we are concerned, they have declared that they are supporting Asgardia, so their vote counts when decisions are to be made,” De Winne explained. 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. As for the future, she said, “After the first 100,000 is done, the voting will continue, and every new person who is applying has to provide a certain amount of data about himself or herself, and then has to vote or not to vote on the Constitution.” Those who accept the Constitution after the voting is closed will be considered applicants for Asgardian citizenship. If a person does not accept the Constitution, they will still stay a registered Asgardian and participate in forum discussions, for example. The difference, De Winne said, is that “by doing so that person either says 'I am interested in becoming a citizen,' or 'I’m visiting your Asgardian nation as a tourist'.”

About Asgardia Space Nation: Space Kingdom of Asgardia, Asgardia, officially known as the Space Kingdom of Asgardia is a proposal for nation announced on October 12, 2016 by Igor Ashurbeyli, the founder of the Aerospace International Research Center and Chairman of UNESCO's Science of Space Committee. The proposed nation intends to promote peace and collaboration as mankind expands into outer space and ultimately aims to be recognised as a nation state. - Motto: One Humanity, One Unity - Status: Proposed nation - Official languages: English - Government: - Head of Nation: Igor Ashurbeyli - Declaration of creation 12 October 2016 - Membership:  ~262,000 History: Announced on 12 October 2016, the ultimate aim of the project is to create a new nation that allows access to space free of the control of existing nations. The current space law framework requires governments to authorise and supervise all space activities, including the activities of non-governmental entities such as commercial and non-profit organizations; by attempting to create a nation, those behind Asgardia hope to avoid the tight restrictions that the current system imposes. "Asgardia" was chosen as a reference to one of the nine worlds of Norse mythology; that which was inhabited by the gods. People were invited to register for citizenship, with the aim of Asgardia then applying to the United Nations for recognition as a nation state. In less than 2 days, there were over 100,000 applications; within 3 weeks, there were 500,000. After tougher verification requirements were introduced, this reduced, and stood at around 200,000 in June 2017. There is no intention to actually move these members into space. The project was initiated by Russian scientist and businessman, Igor Ashurbeyli, who members were required to confirm as "Head of Nation". Often described as a billionaire, Ashurbeyli has said that he is solely responsible for funding Asgardia. Asgardia intends to apply for membership of the UN in 2018. Asgardia intends to launch a series of satellites into orbit, and has announced that the first will be deployed by Orbital ATK in September 2017. The nanosatellite will be a file storage device that holds thing like family photos supplied by the first 1,000,000 members. Concept of Asgardia: The project's concept comprises three fundamental parts - philosophical, legal and scientific/technological. The essence of Asgardia is Peace in Space and the prevention of Earth's conflicts being transferred into space. Asgardia’s philosophical aspects are to serve humanity, regardless of personal welfare and the prosperity of the country where they happen to be born and to digitalise the noosphere, creating a mirror of humanity in space but without Earthly division into states, religions and nations. Asgardia’s legal aspects include, but are not limited to, the creation of a legal platform for the exploration of near-Earth and deep space, proposing "astropolitics" as opposed to "geopolitics" to be the scope preventing conflicts in space. Asgardia’s scientific and technological component can be summarised to: peace, access, and protection. The technical structure comprises three main segments: one or several core satellites, cluster of network-centric small satellites and protective space platform. The project is funded entirely from private funds and does not involve any crowdfunding that is a principle decision of the Founding Father. Satellite Asgardia-1: On June 13, 2017, detailed plans were announced on by an international team of renowned scientists, academics and entrepreneurs regarding the launch of Asgardia-1, the inaugural satellite of the world’s first Space Nation, Asgardia. The satellite, scheduled to be deployed by the end of 2017 from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, will in itself comprise elements of the space nation, carrying its constitution, flag and other national symbols as well as files uploaded by up to 1.5 million Asgardian citizens, marking Asgardia’s permanent presence in space...It will mark the start of a New Space Age, sixty years after the first ever artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, orbited the Earth. “Sixty years after the launch of the first ever artificial satellite, Sputnik, our own space satellite, Asgardia-1 will mark the beginning of a new space era, taking our citizens into space in virtual form, at first,” said Dr. Igor Ashurbeyli, Asgardia’s Head of Nation. “Asgardia-1 will contain the personal data of up to 1.5 million Asgardians to be stored for free on board the satellite. These are historic days, and your names and data will forever stay in the memory of the new space humanity, as they will be reinstalled on every new Asgardia satellite we launch.” Wrote that Ashurbeyli “…hopes to create a planetary-defense constellation that will help protect against asteroids, solar flares and human-made space debris; this satellite is just the first step.” The Story was picked up by NBC News.

Rules on self-nominations and counting the votes 1. All Asgardians have the rights to nominate themselves. 2. Self-nominations will stop at midnight Paris time on 26 February 2018 3. Those who have nominated themselves cannot make changes to their profiles or platforms after this time 4. During the profile check, any inaccuracies (incorrect first name, last name, mistakes in the date of birth, education, etc.) may be the basis upon which the Central Election Committee removes the candidate's nomination 5. Until 1 March, votes can be changed or reallocated. During the period of 1 March - 9 March, this is no longer possible as it is the period during which the votes are counted. 6. Every candidate can nominate himself/herself in only one district. 7. At midnight Paris time on 28 February, the number of seats for each district is recalculated and confirmed. This number does not change until the end of the election. 8. Every Asgardian has the right to receive an unlimited number of votes in any district 9. All of the votes received in each of the district are counted if they do not exceed the number of seats for each district. If they do exceed the number of seats, the most recent votes are counted first. Example: Assume the I am from the French district, which receives four seats in Parliament. In this district, four Members of Parliament are to be selected from nine candidates. I am not nominating myself, only voting for others. In the French district, I voted for all nine candidates. My votes are given to the four candidates for whom I voted most recently. In the English district, I voted for three candidates (fewer than the 71 seats in Parliament), so my three votes are given to the three candidates. In the Russian district, I voted for six candidates (while the number of seats for the Russian district is five), so my votes are given to the five candidates for whom I voted most recently. 10. There must be a "Confirm Vote" button that is assigned a higher priority than the timing of the last vote. This button must work during the period of 1-9 March. Voting with this button only works if it does not exceed the maximum number of seats in a given district. Example: I am from the French district, where the number of Parliamentary seats is four. In this district, four Members of Parliament will be chosen out of nine candidates. I am not nominating myself, only voting for others. In the French district, I voted for all nine candidates. I voted for three of them twice that is, I voted for them the second time by using the "Confirm Vote" button. My votes are given to: - The three I confirmed - From the remaining six candidates, my one remaining vote is given to the candidate for whom I voted most recently (because there are four seats for this district) In the English district, I voted for three candidates (fewer than the 71 seats in Parliament) - My three votes are given to the three candidates.

A star has come to earth! Spread the Christmas love and cheer! Christmas brings the world together. Wishing you all the happiness, peace and love in the world. Merry Christmas! Fatemeh Ghodrati, D11 Gov Candidate.

Good day Asgardia! On the cusp of the deployment of Asgardia-1 into orbit, we'd like to share the special presentation that was prepared for us by Nanoracks, who was the integrator of our satellite to flight.These are parts of our satellite fixing pin and REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT TAG. It is tradition to remove and discard these right before flight, however Nanoracks kept these two elements of our satellite, framed them and presented this lovely gift to us. Don't forget, the beginning of the launch of the Orbital/ATK Cygnus CRS-8 Cargo Ship will begin tomorrow morning at 8:10 EST (13:10 UTC) with an estimated deployment of the Asgardia-1 satellite set for 17:28 EST (22:28 UTC). The former will have a live stream which we will endeavor to bring through the Asgardia.space website and social media channels however the actual cubesat satellite deployment will not be broadcast. روز بخیر آسگاردیا درباره پرتاب ماهواره آسگاردیا-1 به مدار می خواهیم ارائه ویژه ای که توسط نانوراکس برای ما آماده شد، که انتگرال ماهواره ما بود با شما به اشتراک بگذاریم. این ها بخشی از پین های ماهواره ی ما هستند و تگ قبل از پرواز برداشته می شود سنت این است که این ها را دقیقا قبل از پرواز حذف و از بین ببرند، اما نانوراکس این دو عنصر از ماهواره ما را حفظ کرده، قاب کرده و این هدیه دوست داشتنی را به ما ارائه دادند. فراموش نکنید، شروع پرتاب فضاپیمای اوربیتال سیگنوس CRS-8 فردا صبح در ساعت 8:10 (ساعت 13:10 UTC) در این زمان ماهواره آسگاردیا-1 در 17:28 (ساعت 22:28 UTC) تخمین زده شده است یک پخش زنده از قبل داریم که تلاش کردیم تا از طریق وبسایت Asgardia.space و کانال های رسانه های اجتماعی به اشتراک بگذاریم، با این وجود نصب ماهواره ی واقعی پخش نخواهد شد

Hello Asgardia! We'd like to remind you that the Orbital/ATK Cygnus CRS-8 Cargo Ship will be leaving the International Space Station this Monday, December 4, 2017 at 8:10am EST (13:10 UTC) where it will travel to a higher orbit to deploy the Asgardia-1 satellite on December 7, 2017! You can find more information on the NASA blog about it: https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2017/11/27/cygnus-departure-preps-as-muscle-study-and-cubesat-ops-wrap-up/ سلام آسگاردیا! ما می خواهیم به شما یادآوری کنیم که فضاپیمای باری Orbital / ATK Cygnus CRS-8 این دوشنبه، 4 دسامبر 2017 در ساعت 8:10 صبح (13:10 UTC) ایستگاه فضایی بین المللی را ترک خواهد کرد، و به سمت مدار بالایی زمین حرکت می کند تا ماهواره آسگاردیا-1 را در 7 دسامبر سال 2017، مستقر و راه اندازی کند! شما می توانید اطلاعات بیشتر را در وبلاگ ناسا پیدا کنید.

Asgardia-1 is in low Earth orbit November 10, 0001 / November 14, 2017 The Cygnus cargo spacecraft with the Asgardia-1 satellite aboard has docked to the International Space Station (ISS) today at 5:04am EST or 10:04am UTC. After completing scheduled operations whilst attached to the ISS, Cygnus will be maneuvered to a higher orbit and the Asgardia-1 satellite released into its own independent orbit. Activation of Asgardia's-1 on-board systems for autonomous operation is scheduled for mid December 2017. آسگاردیا -1 در مدار پایینی زمین است نوامبر 10, 0001/ نوامبر 14, 2017 امروز فضاپیمای سیگنوس با ماهواره آسگاردیا -1 به ایستگاه فضایی بین المللی (ISS) در ساعت 5:04 صبح متصل شد. پس از اتمام عملیات برنامه ریزی شده در حالی که به ایستگاه فضایی متصل می شود، سیگنوس یک مدار بالاتر از ایستگاه فضایی بین المللی قرار خواهد گرفت و ماهواره آسگاردیا -1 به مدار مستقل خود منتقل خواهد شد. فعال سازی سیستم های آسگاردیا -1 برای عملیات مستقل برای اواسط دسامبر 2017 برنامه ریزی شده است

Asgardia -1 Enters Space, Establishing the Space Nation’s Sovereign Territory November 9, 0001 / November 13, 2017 On 12 November 2017, the space nation’s first satellite, Asgardia-1, was successfully launched into space from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, USA. Head of Nation Igor Ashurbeyli was present to oversee the launch. The launch of Asgardia’s first satellite establishes the nation’s sovereign territory in space and satisfies the last condition necessary for admission to the UN: that in addition to the Constitution, a government and a currency, the nation must have a territory. Asgardia’s Constitution has already been accepted; its cryptocurrency, the Solar, is registered at the European Union Intellectual Property Office, and the government formation is underway. The Asgardia-1 satellite is contained within the Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft, which is flying atop the Antares rocket to the International Space Station. From the ISS, the satellite will be deployed to outer space, flying in low Earth orbit. Asgardia-1 contains Asgardia’s Constitution, national symbols and other documents, as well as files uploaded by Asgardians. آسگاردیا - 1 وارد فضا می شود و قلمرو حاکمیت فضایی را ایجاد می کند نوامبر 9, 0001 / نوامبر 13, 2017 در تاریخ 12 نوامبر 2017 اولین ماهواره کشور فضایی آسگاردیا, آسگاردیا -1, با موفقیت از مرکز پرواز والوپس در ویرجینیا، ایالات متحده آمریکا به فضا فرستاده شد. رئیس کشور، ایگور آشوربیلی، برای نظارت بر پرتاپ حضور داشتند. پرتاپ اولین ماهواره ی آسگاردیا، قلمرو حاکمیت ملی را در فضا ایجاد می کند و آخرین شرایط لازم برای پذیرش در سازمان ملل را برآورده می کند: علاوه بر قانون اساسی، دولت و ارز، کشور باید یک قلمرو داشته باشد. قانون اساسی آسگاردیا قبلا پذیرفته شده است رمزنگاری آن، سولار، در دفتر اتحادیه اروپا ثبت شده است و تشکیل دولت در حال انجام است ماهواره آسگاردیا -1 در فضاپیمای Orbital ATK سیگنوس قرار دارد که با موشک Antares به ایستگاه به ایستگاه فضایی بین المللی پرواز می کند. از ایستگاه فضایی بین المللی ماهواره به فضای بیرونی اعزام می شود و در مدار پایینی زمین قرار خواهد گرفت. آسگاردیا -1 حاوی قانون اساسی آسگاردیا، نمادهای ملی و اسناد دیگر، و همچنین فایل های آپلود شده توسط آسگاردیایی ها می باشد.

The Photos from successfully and amazing historical lunch Moments (12 November) from the NASA live channel in YouTube From Wallops lunch site in wallops island in Virginia, USA. I'm soooo Happy And excited for this historical moment Dear Asgardian Friends, when the Rocket liftoff, my heart stopped, I love that historical moment and never forget Until Forever, Thank you and love you'll NASA and Asgardia, You All Doing Great Job, Thank you so much. Special Thank you To: Our Founding father Dr. Ashurbeyli, Vice President Lena De Winne, Mrs. Rebekah berg, Asgardia and To NASA, And Orbital Atk, And everyone who make this historical moments real, I Want To Thanks To You All One By One. Congratulations To All Asgardians Around The World, Now We All Are A United Nation With Territory For The First Time In Space, Proudly, Thanks Again To You All For What You Done, Never Forget Until Forever. Fatemeh Ghodrati, Local Leader And parliamentary Candidate In Asgardia.  🌎❤🚀

Asgardia's first independent territory in space November 8, 0001 / November 12, 2017 Our Asgardia-1 satellite was launched successfully today from the Wallops launch site in Virginia, USA. Dr Igor Ashurbeyli, Asgardia’s Head of Nation, accompanied by members of his administration personally witnessed the launch. We are delighted to announce therefore that the Asgardia space kingdom has now established its sovereign territory in space. Congratulations to all Asgardians! https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public اولین سرزمین مستقل آسگاردیا در فضا نوامبر 8, 0001 / نوامبر 12, 2017 ماهواره آسگاردیا-1 ما امروز از سایت پرتاپ والوپس در ویرجینیا، ایالات متحده آمریکا پرتاپ شد. دکتر ایگور آشوربیلی، رئیس کشور آسگاردیا، همراه با اعضای دولتش، شخصا شاهد این پرتاپ بود. از این رو ما خوشحالیم که اعلام کنیم پادشاهی فضایی آسگاردیا اکنون سرزمین مستقل خود را در فضا ایجاد کرده است. تبریک به همه آسگاردیایی ها

Exactly 13 months after the birth of our nation, Asgardia-1 has made it's way into orbit! We are officially the first space nation! دقیقا 13 ماه پس از تولد کشورمان، آسگاردیا -1 این مسیر را به مدار تبدیل کرده است! ما رسما اولین کشور فضایی هستیم