Actually, I'm kind of in agreement to the stance Phicksur holds. It's not as if you can tell what it is by the link itself, and randomly clicking things isn't wise - especially if you're one of the masses that tends to execute code as default. I personally wouldn't (and didn't) click it just because it's youtube and would rather prevent generating usable data for them by downloading it remotely. I'm loathed to waste b/w on my host connection in throwing that media back here without knowing what it is. The general trend on the interwebs is someone spits a link with an abstract comment - 10,000,000 people think it's brilliant, and it turns out it's just a dog in a hat and a complete waste of time, effort and bandwidth. Where as the links that are accompanied by some form of tangible details should indicate if you would be potentially interested in following it before sending GET requests.

Very well said John, I've been perusing the boards and even catch myself thinking decades ahead. I think our endeavors need to be "grounded" as you've described so that when our descendants finally do "reach for the stars" they're stepping off from a strong foundation that was established by the first Asgardian works and research. We're here to ensure humanity can be at its best when that day comes.

I agree that clarification would be helpful. From the information available it appears that the Founders primary goal is to create an unmanned armed platform in space to protect earth from space threats and ICBM threats controlled by Artificial intelligence http://ashurbeyli.eu.com/news9-Igor-Ashurbeyli-press-release.html "The control system would be entirely automatic and free from human bias, allowing it to make decisions about striking dangerous military launches, regardless of their country of origin. To be acceptable to governments around the globe it must be an international platform with completely transparent intellectual property rights and open architecture. Funding and the right to use it must belong to all mankind - encompassing advanced nations and developing countries alike, with no restrictions or boundaries" .Given his background this makes sense. It looks as if the process envisaged is to bring the world together under one umbrella with regard to Space which would infer that the few countries who have invested heavily in space would need to relinquish National interests in favour of a new world organisation that would serve all humanity. We can debate elsewhere the trust issues that will arise but the theory sounds good. The digitising the Noosphere is somewhat vague and the method to do this is certainly open to debate. the def. is "the sphere of human consciousness and mental activity especially in regard to its influence on the biosphere and in relation to evolution" and if we are to digitise it it sounds very much like Artificial Intelligence is the theme. I would welcome input from those that actually have contact with the Founders on this issue for a more detailed explanation of what and how it is thought that digitising the noosphere is to be achieved. There are strong indications that apart from these two goals and Space law which will be the main focus of the founders, other goals for One humanity One unity take a back seat and maybe have not even been decided upon. Maybe that is for the Citizens to decide. if so lets hear that officially. Summary...1 Unmanned platform controlled by AI 2 AI increasingly used to more efficiently and effictively manage , govern and benefit Humanity ( as it is better ,,, arguably and that will be the hot debate...are we willing/ ready to lose control in favour of AI even with alleged fail safe functions embedded? ADD.. with the prominence of AI inferred by the information available it would be good to take a look at where we are on this and where we think we are going so here are some links so we can see the current world view http://www.businessinsider.com/researchers-predictions-future-artificial-intelligence-2015-10/#pieter-abbeel-says-robots-will-keep-us-safer-especially-from-disasters-1 http://www.bbc.com/future/tags/artificialintelligence https://ctovision.com/the-complete-list-of-truly-useful-artificial-intelligence-tools-you-can-use-today/ https://www.bing.com/news/search?q=artificial+intelligence+the+future&FORM=HDRSC4 Here is one of my personal favourite issues " Adaptations we see today While the idea of a post-work future is still largely theoretical, we are already engineering at least three important societal and industrial “adaptations” that may signal its eventual arrival: 1. Moving Toward an Agricultural Post-Scarcity Future: Today, there is a direct relationship between how much people work and their ability to afford basic necessities. But, what if we engineered far more sustainable methods of (or alternatives to) agriculture, thus ushering in a post-scarcity future where it becomes much easier and cheaper to feed ourselves? It’s already starting. Some examples: Personal Food Computers: Researchers have built a device that controls humidity, illumination and air temperature, among other variables. The goal is to decouple climate from geography by building a “catalog of climates.” Urban and “Floating” Farming: The world’s first floating dairy farm, which is expected to be completed in January 2017 in Rotterdam, will grow food for the cows on board. Vegetarian Cities: The mayor of Turin, Italy, Chiara Appendino, wants the city to be the first vegetarian city. Synthetic, Agriculture-Free Products: A start-up in San Francisco is making synthetic wine without grapes. " http://www.businessinsider.com/workless-future-and-why-ai-will-advance-humanity-2016-11

Hi Elle.noir, The emails will be coming out in batches regarding the certificates. Please be patient. Their email will be coming out soon so they too can get their certificates!

As Asgardia is open to everyone, I'm not sure you would be able to ask them to "join". Maybe when it finally happens we will find that the first colonists are Asgardians....

There have been a large number of suggestions for feature enhancements on the forums. This link includes some of the enhancements being worked on. This list by no means is complete. Due to the sheer volume of suggestions, these are being prioritized and once developed announcements will be made upon their launch.

It's probably why it wouldn't be wise to weaponized it immediately. Other countries might correctly sees it as a direct threat above their heads... whatever if we say that we're aiming our weapons on asteroids and against "vilain ETs". Countries are use to deal with other countries at their geographical borders... but technically, Asgardia could be at "few rocket's pschitt" of everyone's geographical space borders. Therefore, we'll need very solid international diplomacy exchanges and international embassies on Asgardia. It's a complicated subject, and there's almost as many arguments for and against it (maybe only to install defensive counter mesures, and bringing bigger stuff from the UN when facing something bigger threats like an asteroid or the Marsians :P) . The most important thing is to not repeat the same mistakes that Earth's nations did... nor to spend 1/3 of our budget for turning Asgardia into a missiles space station.

Hi Christyn, The forums uses the information provided in the Asgardia Registration. Rather than having multiple profiles to maintain (Your Asgardia Registration and Profile Information), it is all located in a single location for simplicity. Everyone should be sure to provide truthful information, however the only thing that can update on the forum is the username, which is done through the "my application" page. If you were looking at uploading a photo to use as an Avatar in the forums, this feature will be made available at a later stage.

so top of the profile page is the same as when i first register and has this on it Asgardia ID Verification Form Please fill out the form below to receive your Asgardia ID Number. Once you have submitted the form, you will be issued an ID number, which you will use to access the online forum, other Asgardian official documents and services, and your certificate. Please note that all fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required to complete the form. dont you think it should be different to save confusion ?

As there is a defined section in our FAQ to answer this issue we will be locking this post to prevent any further confusion. Thank you for your understanding.

Just jogging through the posts and found my own one, cool. Anyone can be an ambassador regardless of education, all you need is patience, understanding and compassion, if as the now banned EyeR said you need to be 'educated' I disagree with that remark. Who is 'educated' enough to be an ambassador to any ET's we may encounter? after all the current governments of this world state Aliens don't exist so what damage can be done? There are probably more contactee's out there suitable to be an ambassador and I think I'd trust them more than any politician (who are trained to lie for a living) or corporate flunky (who are motivated by greed and self congratulation) to conduct contact appropriately. I personally think you need someone who has the whole of Humanities best interests at heart rather than some bureaucrat.

Asgardians all over the world, in their home countries, should become involved in different types of community projects in order to develop the foundations of Asgardia as a space nation and its contribution to the well being of human society on earth. Asgardians should be committed to this endeavor as pioneers for the future generations of asgardians on earth and outer space. All projects should be coordinated under the respective Asgardia embassy in the country where the project is located. I believe that at this time it is not appropriate to involve any alien race in the internal affairs of Asgardia. [CONTENT REMOVED] *** **MOD EDIT** A personal attack against another member of this group has been removed from this post. Personal attacks are not allowed as per our group posting rules namely, rule #3. "Personal Attacks. No personal attacks against other users of the forum shall be allowed. This includes (and is not limited to) insults, inappropriate remarks and excessive aggressive behavior towards your fellow Asgardian. Please ensure to apply common sense and respect the views of your fellow Asgardians. In case of a disagreement, please keep the debate amicable. Escalation of a discussion may result in your post being edited to remove offensive content, or even in the thread being locked." Any posts found that contain personal attacks will be recorded and removed. - *Jason Rainbow 15 January 2017 @ 06:09 pm*

Good day Asgardians, Is anything and everything real? Reality is an unexplain phenomenon where awareness interact with what seams to be commonly perceived unbreakable laws. Mathematics have given us that common ground where we can agree on what should be the logical perceived reality. I've never been good at math but I've always perceived the beauty in it. The sad part of all this is how many concepts can be rational and how this unbreakable laws actually break as we move along in history. The fact that reality means awareness, we can say that reality is different from one mind to the other, we could also say it doesn't really matter as long as you want to believe in it. I've always been amazed by what people call "a crazy person" a person that is not in tune with reality. Dementia is one of the faster growing "diseases", the reason is that lap and space between awareness and that common ground. But ideas are so vast, that you could find yourself in a group of "smarter" persons in an island of "dumber" persons and "go crazy" because you would have to question if what you know is true. The trick is to be flexible and stick to one thing, read as much as you can in multiple languages if possible and never forget that no one has the absolute truth, use the scientific method as much as you can and be humble. Is Space real? Why not? I can do in Photoshop and Cinema 4D everything I've seen from the NASA but I want to believe it, so it is real for me. Just be a good person, love, don't hate. We should get along with that regardless of what you believe. Have a nice day,

Is space real? How about you find out? I'm sure I'd have littlle issues with crowdsourcing a few class M rockets to tie together - that should get you there? If you're up for it, this could be quite a fun experiment.

Within the context and by the standards of the world we perceive from day to day, yes - space is real. And we can reach it: we have people in space as I write, many more have been there or are training to go there, and plans are being formulated to send more still. We have probes reaching out into the solar system and we are gathering observations of far distant places. Whether or not the entire structure of the reality we perceive can be considered ultimately and objectively 'real' is something we have no way to address. It's a philosophical debate at best.