Hi,

So I would love to be able to fork out £100 for the citizenship fee however am unable to give such a large lump sum. I was wondering whether an implementation of monthly payments say, £12/m  would be able to be taken as a form of interest & as a easier way of allowing those of us whom want to pay for citizenship, be able to do so when unable to afford the lump sum.

I understand the delicacies of granting citizenship to someone whom is paying monthly over someone who pays outright, however with a lot more services in day to day life being setup this way, i think it is a more comfortable way in integrating the citizenship fee into the Asgardian society in a manner people will accept and want to be a part of.

Conditional Citizenship could be a work around to allow for such a cause. Milestones of say £120 could be placed on those citizens to show commitment to the cause and wanting to be treated the same as someone who could afford to pay the lump sum. Those paying monthly end up paying more than those whom don't for the convenience of monthly payments. Upon meeting the milestone the citizen could then be moved to another branch being trusted with the history of payments allowing Conditional Citizenship to then be granted the same form of Citizenship as someone whom pays annually in full so long as the payments are continual for the foreseeable future. Maybe labelled as Trusted Citizenship or something to differentiate between annual and monthly backers.

This is just a rough, hashed out idea but i feel it to be a more inclusive and probable way of integrating the numbers of residents to the number of citizens over time, Ultimately allowing Asgardia to really have a pushing force behind it. Of course in an ideal world everyone would put £100 down but that isn't possible for some of us, and no other option can make those of us who cant deal with it feel ostracised.

Thanks

Space medicine thing so know so far this is taken from - https://extrememedicineexpo.com/blog/2018/07/whats-up-with-space-medicine/

Space Medicine.  NASA Astronaut Serene Auñón-Chancellor, based on the International Space Station (ISS) , kindly took time out of her busy schedule to give her thoughts on the annual World Extreme Medicine Conference… https://youtu.be/4_O4qTVlDyk

But medicine in Space is unsurprisingly tricky and incredibly basic. Medical procedures which are taken very much for granted on a generously endowed gravity secure Earth are very much more complicated in zero-G. WEM Faculty and senior NASA Flight Surgeon Dr Micheal Barrett stated in a interview for BBC Future whilst speaking at the World Extreme Medicine Conference ‘‘we can stabilise someone who has a dramatic injury but we can’t sustain a patient for long’ Source BBC .

https://extrememedicineexpo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/micheal-barrett-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px">Whats the issue? Part of it is simply space and resources as Mike highlights ‘“But we’re not yet at that point where we have a large enough crew or are far enough away to have a dedicated medical officer” and the other issue is payload and storage space on the International Space Station (ISS https://www.facebook.com/ISS/ ). If you where to compare the equipment capability on the ISS then your looking at modern-day paramedic would carry travelling ‘lite’ in fact being taken ill in your local shopping mall might provide you with better support.

Whats the future? Clearly as commercial space travel becomes a reality, as astronauts venture

https://extrememedicineexpo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Scott-Parazynski-255x300.jpg 255w, https://extrememedicineexpo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Scott-Parazynski-768x902.jpg 768w, https://extrememedicineexpo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Scott-Parazynski-872x1024.jpg 872w, https://extrememedicineexpo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Scott-Parazynski-341x400.jpg 341w" sizes="(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px">to Mars and space colonies are planned for the Moon develop is going to be both swift and lightweight. Innovation might well be the key. Dr Scott Parazynski, former NASA Astronaut and flight surgeon, the only person to have been both in the International Space Station and on the summit of Everest, will be presenting on just this at the 2018 WEM Conference in Edinburgh.

Mike Barrett however is views the future positively that one of his successors will get the facilities of a real Dr McCoy.

“A medical sickbay in space will absolutely be a reality in future but you will have to have a certain threshold of crew members, size of spacecraft and level of remoteness before you break that cost-benefit barrier.’,

23-25 November 2018, #Edinburgh https://www.extrememedicineexpo.com

Asgardians, like anyone, will need support to maintain their health and prevent illness. Both in physical health and mental health.

I would like to nominate myself to lead the development of healthcare policy for Asgardians.

I have worked in the British health care system for many years and have a range of experience in this area.

Please vote for me if you would support me in doing this.

Thank you

I have only just joined Asgardia and have been wondering what sort of thing to send on the 1st Asgardia satellite. I don't usually blog as I don't really have time do I am hoping you guys can help me decide. Should I send a photograph, I have many cute ones of my dog (a shih tzu called Max)? Maybe some personal information about me and my life, favourite bands and songs, movies/ TV I like perhaps. There isn't much space so I am erring towards data rather than a picture.

I am excited to be part of something potentially as big as Asgardia. I have always enjoyed Sci fi and have recently started following more actual space stuff on FB. The sizes and distances are amazing and to be part of something like this I very cool. I have been busy voting on the flag, anthem etc and had a quick look at some of the candidates for the government,  which is all very exciting. When I get time I will spend some of it reading others blogs. Hoping to get to know you guys,  my fellow Asgardians, better. Bye for now