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.

Hi, Is it allowed to have multiple mandates in Asgardia? Grtz, Dirk.

Ok, what form will we take for the windows. With edges or round corners. How thick and how many layers? Colours for blinding, mirror effects? Grtz, Dirk.

Hi all, Lets start a topic series called STARSHIP, we could start with design things. For example we can do parts of the spaceship like this: STARSHIP-bar-drinks STARSHIP-bedrooms-colours STARSHIP-restaurant-menu etc. Make your topics of choices, but be polite and civil. OK ?!!!! Thanks. Grtz, Dirk.

Hi, A short question. Only non-profit in Asgardia? Grtz, Dirk.

Hi all, I had a dream... made from previous dreams, thoughts, info, feelings, experiences... etc. This is for open minded people, not for closed minded scientists or believers. So please no idea-blasters or believe-oppressors. I will give a compact shortcut of my idea, the rest is up to the people who can do something with it. (1*) Waves - oscillations - vibrations - communications - informations - knowledge. This is somehow how our brain works. (my thoughts) The biosphere of the earth works the same. (my thoughts) Like i can see some humans are aware of a noosphere. You could locate it at informations what can lead to knowledge of our biosphere including humans. But before we can digitalise this i think we will need the previous steps (1*), but who knows, maybe there is somewhere a genius who can make a shortcut. Ok, now the big scope. Lets say that there are other biospheres close to us (in star-terms). Would it not be logical that these different biospheres would try to communicate with each other? In what way? Could be anything if you ask me. To give a somewhat very simple example, whales, elephants and even bacteria and plants can communicate true large distance without any other form of touch. The basis is the line i described above. (1*) So if our human task is to find another biosphere, what have we now and what is the next step. We know already a lot of waves. We are also looking at abnormal oscillations. I think that we are also looking now for vibrations. Now if we only could find the right settings for these we would be able to communicate. I think that we first have to do all these steps with our own earth. And this at all levels from bacteria true the sound of earth in orbit When we can find a common factor in all these living things then that could be a way of how our biosphere communicates. I guess it would be somehow like our own brain works. Maybe the saying world-brain fits good here. Ok, i thank you for reading this and i hope at least 1 person has seen a hint. ;-) Grtz, Dirk. PS: yes i am crazy, but so where many before me.

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Hi, A thought. i have pain, some of my pain is from my joints. I would like to be in space to have a gravity-less live to be relieved of some of my pains. Maybe when i am retired i will ask Asgardia to take care of me and i will pay and do some service instead. Grtz, Dirk.

Hello everyone, My name is Thomas. 33y old. I'm a psychiatric nurse working in a semi-closed admissions ward. My interests include science, technology and the search for answers to this life and the next :) I am proud to be part of this endeavor, to lay the foundation for future generations. Namasté