Average person on Earth, what is that? Do people from this collective on this  project readding this counting themselfs in average persons?

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That special mineral that humans use to profess their love for one another? It might not be so special. A new study suggests that Earth's interior is filled with a quadrillion tons of diamonds.

A new study published in June in the journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems suggests that there are 1,000 times more diamonds below the surface of the Earth than was previously thought.

But these diamonds are unreachable: They're located about 90 to 150 miles (145 to 240 kilometers) below the surface of the Earth in the "roots" of cratons , which are large sections of rock. Cratons lie beneath most continental tectonic plates and have barely moved since ancient times, according to a statement from MIT News. [ Photos: The World's Weirdest Geological Formations ]

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A group of researchers from various universities around the world discovered the glitzy stash by looking at seismic waves beneath the Earth. Because these vibrations can change, based on the composition, temperature and density of various rocks that it hits, researchers can use these recordings to construct an image of the unreachable interior of the Earth.

They found that the underground vibrations, produced from natural processes such as earthquakes and tsunamis, tended to speed up when passing through cratonic roots; the speedup was greater than would be expected from the fact that cratons tend to be colder and less dense than surrounding structures (both of which are conditions that would speed up the waves).

Using records of seismic activity that were kept by government agencies such as the U.S. Geological Survey, the team created a three-dimensional model of the velocities of seismic waves that traveled through the planet's major cratons. Then, they created "virtual rocks" from various combinations of different minerals and calculated how fast seismic waves would travel through those rock compositions.

They found that the best explanation for the speeds actually observed underground versus those predicted in their virtual rock models was that 1 to 2 percent of the roots of the cratons was made up of diamonds, while the rest was made up of peridotite (the main type of rock in Earth's upper mantle) and a little bit of eclogite rocks (from the ocean's crust).

When "waves pass through the Earth, diamonds will transmit them faster than other rocks or minerals that are less stiff," said Joshua Garber, a postdoctoral student at UC Santa Barbara and lead author of the study.

Though "we found that much of the data were best explained by diamond … we cannot say for certain," Garber said. Since it's difficult to directly sample these regions (but not impossible, since sometimes parts of these cratonic roots are brought to the surface from erupting magma), this is the best explanation right now, Garber said.

But other researchers have suggested some alternative explanations: Perhaps, these cratonic rocks are cooler than what the literature suggests, which means the rock will be stiffer — and thus, seismic waves will travel more quickly through them — even without the diamond or eclogite rocks, Garber added. However, based on their data, he thinks this latter scenario is less likely.

"Our understanding of the deep Earth continues to improve as we make more measurements, do more experiments and occasionally get samples," Garber said. "I suspect we will continue to be surprised by what we find."

Originally published on Live Science .

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Common Language Issue?

There's been some debating about common language, whether why should, or should not have one, common language in Asgardia.

Should we have a common language?

Pro:

Huge problem appears when we even think about the idea of learning few other languages, it may be very difficult for thousands of Asgardians to learn 4-5 "main" languages. This fact supports the idea of having common language, and by my opinion, only real argument for having a common language.

Contra:

I believe that language is a heritage, left to us by our ancestors as a proof of natural evolution of Human mind. If we interfere in this natural process, we might easily lose many of our qualities, every language is different and every language carries identity and identity carries quality - lose our languages, we lose our qualities.

SOLUTION

IPropose that we should have one common language, the one to be used in everyday communication.

This might be English for example. And on the other side, Asgardia should support development of every language spoken by it's citizen's, give chance for there children to learn in educational institutions, and encourage them to learn as many languages as they can. One of positive outcomes is securint jobs for hundreds of language professors.

Development of the ambience on Earth to lower cost of access to outer space, through different projects, new and ongoing by involving companies, organizations and governments.

Proposed first projects:

1. PPDE - "Plasma Pulse Detonation Engine" for lowering cost of airplane traffic and access to outer space

2. VESMIR - conceptual solution of maglev space rocket launch system

3. Serbian Space Agency - KAS - initiative to form it with a support of several professors from University of Belgrade - Faculty of Mechanical Engineereng, so state could support projects above

My work will be focused in developing and making connections among different branches in our society.

Cooperation is important! What is science without economy? What is economy without justice?

Your vote and your skills will help me to connect and motivate every our citizen to give what he can for our future NOW.

My work will be focused in developing and making connections among different branches in our society.

Cooperation is important! What is science without economy? What is economy without justice?

Your vote and your skills will help me to connect and motivate every our citizen to give what he can for our future NOW.

As a parent and Asgardian I strongly believe that it is important to take serious notice of early education.

It is important to start early on and include Asgardia value system and ways of thinking into early education.

As an Entrepreneur and Founder of internationally awarded EdTech startup, that produces content for early years education I believe that it would be beneficial to have teaching aids for homeschooling in K12 that follow Asgardia value system and ways of thinking available to Asgardia parents that would like to prepare their children for space in the best possible way.

If you are interested in such project, please contact me and lets discuss the possibilities.