If you ever wanted to be a representative of the people, now is the time.

I was a youth parliamentarian twice because I wanted to be an elected representative. It was a disheartening experience. Rather than using the platform that we had to show the established politicians how political debate need not be showboating and insults, I was dismayed to see many of my peers doing exactly that. I have vivid memories of our "party" leaders in their oversized suits, doing theatrical belly laughs as they took cheap shots at their opponents.

Not that I blame them for having misfitted suits. I had also borrowed my suit from a relative because I didn't have one of my own. But in that environment the suits seemed to highlight the attitude that was present: parliamentary debate was a dress-up game, where winning was the only result that mattered.

I’m an optimist. It’s harder work than being cynical, but its worth it. Asgardia is an inspiration to rethink the ideas that have defeated us before and try again - not just as individuals, but as a society.

As your representative, I look forward to hearing new ideas and shaping them in to practical positive changes for our new society. If you feel the same way, why don't you join me?

Fellow Asgardian Ross Cheesewright has written great post on how to launch your campaign: https://asgardia.space/en/blog/19029-election-campaign-guide/ .

If you have ever thought of becoming an elected parliamentary representative, now is the time to give it a go.

Green and Blue.

On an ever changing earth we need to be an ever evolving race.

We do not abandon the past, but forge into a future.

ASGARDIA is the future, and we are the next step.

Take my hand and together we leave the trees and forge our own legacy.

I am glad that Asgardia has become a thing.  The creation of Asgardia has been an inevitability for some time.  I am sure that many members of the community will be familiar with Malthusian fears of global overpopulation.  There are solutions to that problem but in general they are not acceptable, either morally, or legally.

We hold human life sacrosanct beyond all things except perhaps the danger of human suffering.  The problem with this is that in the event that population expansion is not interrupted by natural processes, there will be problems with food production, pollution, and quality of life, amongst other problems.  In the absence of human action a release is a necessity.  The only pressure valve we have is the potential for colonisation of space.

In the past large families for all was desired.  It led to the ability to do more, produce more, defend the state, etc.  In the modern world it is considered to be a liability.  Overcrowding causes disease; logistical failures cause famine; political boundaries trap all these problems in localised areas accentuating the inequalities between nations.  When well managed in unlimited space massive populations are no longer a liability.  The more minds at work on any problem the quicker that problem can be solved.  When thousands aren't starving or dying of the diseases of poverty they have incredible power to do amazing things.  Expansion into space isn't just a release from global problems, it is an opportunity for interplanetary growth that could create possibilities larger than anything the human race has ever achieved before.

At present our imaginations are giving us ideas for so many advantages of extraglobal habitation.  The ability to mine the Kuiper belt will give a wealth of resources for the building of craft and habitations, as well as for trade with earthly concerns.  The access to light from the sun that is unfiltered by an atmosphere will give massive amounts of electricity through photovoltaic cells.  The difference in temperatures between empty space and unshielded sun opens a wealth of possiblities for power production.  The easy adaptability of equipment for astronomical research when people are living in space could massively advance our knowledge.  A chance to put all our eggs in more than one basket would save the human race in the event of sudden cataclysmic disaster on the planet's surface.  Those are just the ideas that spring to mind for me.  When we have the overflow of the entire planet the number of ideas will increase exponentially.

These are early days yet, but space colonisation is inevitable and the principles upon which the constitution has been aimed to be based are so much better than many alternatives, including many earth bound nation states.  Hopefully the kinks will be ironed out of our problems in time.  This idea is to big to fail, whether Asgardia is an approach that will be successful in maintaining the idea is yet to be proven by the test of time, but it has a big advantage over any other approach in that it is actually doing it already.

Just finished writing a letter to go on Asgardia 1. I'm no Shakespeare, but what I wrote is true and from my heart. Perhaps that is the best sort of writing, although I suspect my punctuation leaves a lot to be desired! This satellite is a beacon, a beginning. The thought of so many people adding a piece of themselves to it feels as profound as the plaque attached to Voyager 1. A message in a bottle thrown into the vast ocean.  Love to you all.

Well just looking at the totals of people joining Asgardia, and there I have a concern over the lack of Females becoming Asgardians, it seems to be a rough average of 75% Male and 24% Female..... May be a problem (nor not!) in the future? Why do you think its so low?

We all need the spark of a poet to be involved with the rights of all Asguardians and indeed all humans.

I pledge to one and all to act with compassion and reflect the true nature of what it can mean to be among the first citizens of space from this tiny planet of ours.I will endeavor to understand and to speak out for the rights of any Asguardians who feel they are being downtrodden or over looked.

Asguardia is the way forward let us lead mankind the right way.:)

They say when you start a career it's better to start from the bottom and work your way through the ranks as you gain more experience in the role you wish to acquire, well I think of this as the same thing which is why I'm going for the position as a debutant so I can show people that I am here and that I hope to make a difference so please vote for me.