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Bio - ir. Luc Vautmans, MSc.

° 07 January 1971 - married - 3 children.

Luc Vautmans is an academic civil engineer (Master in Engineering - KU Leuven) with specializations in energy conversion, nuclear techniques and aerospace design. Luc complemented his basic education with numerous additional courses in business administration, corporate finance, sales and leadership, including the Executive Development Program of the Boston Business School (Class of '11). Luc acts free(lance) as a sr. management consultant in aerospace (Executive Director Satellite Projects) to Asgardia & IARC.

Luc started his career in the space business, with Verhaert Space (the current QinetiQ Space) in Kruibeke. In +13 years Luc realized about 15 large projects for human spaceflight in close collaboration with ESA, NASA and the Russian space agency Roskosmos (POCKOCMOC), including the 5 major experiments that the Belgian astronaut Frank De Winne performed during his 2 space flights. Luc held successively posts as Project Manager, Contracts Manager, Head of Project Office (aerospace), General Manager Belgium (petro-chemical multinational) and CPMO for 2 sister companies (off-shore sector) and guided teams of  +200 employees.

In 2013, at the age of 42, Luc was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma after a routine examination; a very aggressive cancer, metastasized through more than 40 large tumors to various vital organs. The statistical prognosis on overall survival was 3 months with a survival probability of only 3%. That is now more than 5 years ago and it is expected that Luc will also bring his most important project to a successful conclusion. In the last 5 years since his diagnosis, Luc has made about +50 trips with the family, with each of the children separately and with some loyal friends: skydiving (skydiving) at exotic locations, skiing, paragliding, sailing and long solo journeys by motorcycle. Luc is convinced that our brain is a very good pharmacy for our body and called his modest therapy 'Adren@lpine' (Adrenaline + Alps). Luc documented his bucket list adventures in +90 edited videoclips for his children.

Luc is co-founder and board member of Melanoompunt.be (non-profit), the first patient organization in Belgium for melanoma patients and their next-of-kin and also Patient Advocate for the Melanoma Patient Network Europe (MPNE).

Luc is the president of Skydive Antwerp - Hoevenen (non profit), a skydive club with its own turbine aircraft and an annual turnover of + 200k€.

Luc likes good food, excellent wines, special beers, smart books and bad jokes.

my dream whas to unite earth as one nation that cares for each and every person on it may asgardia make this dream i had all my life true but instead of earth we be colonizing space wich also happens to be my dream to colonise but i whas always thinking i had to clonise a planet this nation gave me hope that i can life in space and help humanity become a type 2 civilazation filled with unity,love and sience now one day we will rise to the skies and go where no human has gone,life where no human has lifed and know what no human has known

Best wishes for 2019 to everyone on planet Earth and beyond!

Let the force be with you to fulfill all your dreams so the Sky  is NOT your limit anymore...

I'm that guy that knows things, things like mining recources from outer space to keep financing the amazing project of asgardia's space nation while also contributing to the economical structure on earth.

Recources from outer space could help develop better technology, improve structural integrity due to new or better materials, expand and grow better in comparison to earths development regarding evolutionary benefits.

When I close my eyes, I see not just white or black metal walls that protect us from the vacuum of outer space. But I see trees plants and vegetation, well thought of when building the space nation to remind us of the things we need, need to remind us of earth and remind us why we still breath.

Asgardia could be the push forward to help connect us to the citizens on mars and help develop an intergalactic space nation.

My congratulations to Igor for becoming the first head of nation and to all Asgardians for this step and the next ones to come. I feel honored to have been a part of this historic event and I even met with Igor. It was an amazing moment within an even more amazing inauguration. Igor is a very polite and interesting person, it was very nice to have a short conversation with him.

Merhaba Asgardian arkadaşlar. Seninle olmaktan mutluyum. Ben bir keşif bilimcisiyim. Mesajım: dünyadaki ilk "kendimiz" olmalıyız! Doğal durumumuzdan ciddi bir çıkış var! Sonra evrensel bir rezonansa dönüşür. Yeni bir dünyaya sahip oluruz, bir boşluk!
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One of the seven wise; i will strive to my greatest ability to sacrifice my selfish needs to aid and prosper human kind. For this I shall build only one legacy, one that forgives all, one that peers into the soul and origin of being.

Crash through the veil, and be free.