With voting set to close tomorrow at midnight I would like to thank everyone who has connected with me over the past month. It has been really great hearing from members about their ambitions and dreams for a space enabled society. I thought I'd share this image of the UK taken by our very own astronaut, Maj. Timothy Peake during his time aboard the ISS in orbit 254 miles above us.

I am very excited about the prospects in space for the UK and particularly London. I look forward to reaching out next week to industry and finance to begin challenging them on what they are doing to engage with the space sector, to create space jobs and encourage their investment committees to apportion 5% of their eligible funds and portfolios to space related technologies and activities.

I welcome correspondence from all Asgardians and especially the London electorate, please do connect with me through the website or e-mail me directly on edmundgrecharcadian@gmail.com to share your thoughts on Space for London. Finally don't forget to vote, it's the most affirmative way you declare your clear desire to make the world a space enabled planet!

As a concept, Asgardia is an ambitious one, and as with any new movement there is much still to be decided. The ultimate character of the organisation will emerge only with time and patient development, but at its core I believe all members share a fundamental conviction that we have a common destiny beyond the reaches of Earth alone. We will all possess our own unique culturally informed view on what such a future may look like, but I for one am looking forward to discovering it together.

Any persistent off-world human project will take the dedicated effort of generations of people working hard for a future they themselves may never see, but that should not discourage us, because unwittingly it is what we have been doing for hundreds of thousands of years. As the aerospace pioneers of the last century leave us and entrust their legacy to new generations, we all must reflect that the ongoing success of the human story can rarely now be measured out in a few years. We have collected the low hanging fruit of what single lifetimes of human endeavour can achieve and must now work together toward often intangible horizons. Combating pollution and climate change are two examples of global problems where a solution will not be found in the term or resolve of any one nation's government. Among our supranational organisations it would be premature to label Asgardia a contender but it at least signals that a great many hearts are in the right place and will serve to drive the process by which we act mutually in the common good of our world.

We are fortunate to stand on the cusp of a new golden age of space exploration with the tools at our disposal to solve the crises we face. We must act decisively to extend our presence into space, to fashion a viable human experience there, and to overcome any and all technical barriers to achieving that goal. We possess the means, and we have the opportunity, we need only exercise the will to make it a reality.

As a Mayoral candidate for London I propose to continue a lifetime passion for conveying the business case for space, to deliver the myriad benefits space has to offer us and promote investment to deliver this vision of a new life and a new economy. I also encourage others to submit their candidacies to expand the platform of issues we can address, and to engage with people's passions for what we might achieve as a city at the forefront of a new race for space.

There’s nothing more relaxing and unwinding than summer vacations after attending the academic lectures the whole semester. Meanwhile, everyone has plans to spend our holidays in the ideal way we can.

In the same manner, people start to reserve tickets to their favorite spots. Some may want to attend Cold play concert, while some may wish to attend a book launch event happening nearby if their favorite author, while some may have planned a long trip to Thailand. However, even after spending most of your time in your leisure activities, you can still make time to learn something new to enhance your interpersonal skills. Besides, there are more options available where you can improve your writing skills by writing essays and taking essay help from your friends.

Following are some essential skills which you can work on during your off time from studies:

You can learn new skills for repairing things on your own:

For what reason do you have to fix something when you can pay another person to do it? That may be right, but why waste money on something that you can do without anyone’s help? Besides, doing things on your own will enhance your skills and learning. For instance, you can learn to repair things. You don’t need to bother of having a prior degree to have the capacity to fix something. What you mainly require, is only the time, purpose and access to the internet. Likewise, holidays are the best time where you can learn about repairing stuff without the need of an expert. You can also watch DIY (Do It Yourself) videos on various sites like YouTube and Vimeo, the opportunities are inevitable.

You can learn about website development or programming:

While surfing the internet and redirecting to different sites, you may have come across a desire of making a website based on your concepts and ideas. So! Why wait for it? There are services available by which you can make a site without the need for programming knowledge if you don’t like coding to create executable programs. However, you can also try to firstly improve your programming skills so you won’t be facing issues in understanding the concepts and logic behind the coding of the website.

You can try your hand at learning some creative skill:

It is indeed a gift from God if you possess creative skills apart from your standard capabilities. It is entirely up to you find your hidden talent and excel in it. For instance, you can try your hand at Photography, or you can also become a fascinating artist by painting artistic artworks. Likewise, you can learn to play instruments such as Guitar, Piano, Cello, Violin, Drums, etc.

You can also learn about self-defense:

This is something everybody should think about learning. You don't need to be some fighting master or a black-belt winner to have the capacity to safeguard yourself, but only a couple of moves will do. You can find many "self-defense" videos on the YouTube from where you can get some viable and straightforward survival moves. You don’t necessarily require them in your life, but rather having them learned can help you in big time if needed. Perhaps, learning the self-defense moves will sure make your vacation period more entertaining and exciting.

Although, there are many or maybe various skills and things are available out there to learn in life, but it is up to you to invest your holidays time in expanding your capabilities in different activities and learning OR enhance your existing skills by practicing daily.

Are you excited about the Mayoral elections? I am! I considered running, but it doesn’t sit within my skill set. It does sit very well in my interests. Whoever becomes my local Mayor, expect to hear from me!

It’s been a long-brewing idea of mine to set up a online buddying/mentoring arrangement for communities and Asgardia could be a good place to test it out.

The idea involves sharing resources and skills to increase opportunities for individuals and stronger communities overall. So many divisions in society come from a lack of opportunity, which is not just unfair, it actually disadvantages us all.

The benefit to this approach in Asgardia is that it gives an opportunity for those of us who care about Asgardia, but don’t have scientific backgrounds, to be actively and productively involved. My hope is that being a supportive community can be the base for giving Asgardia a strong foundation and for proving that we are a true nation.

I’d like to start a online group for Asgardians in Cambridge (UK) to discuss what we can do locally, so if you’re interested please add/accept me as a friend here and let me know what platform works for you (here, FB, LinkedIn, something else etc etc).

And finally, good luck to the Mayoral candidates, wherever you are!

When first introduced to the Asgardian Nation it was purely conceptual, but it was a concept so powerful and engaging, an idea that resonated so clearly with my own hopes and dreams of the future that I was instantly devoted to becoming a citizen and doing my part to drive the Asgardian Nation forward, and I know that many of my fellow Asgardians will share my drive to patriotism.

Like many of you, I dream of a day where science is at the forefront of our minds, where technological advancements for the betterment of humankind are unhindered by "product profitability" and the antiquated choices of the past, but rather controlled only by logic and moral compass. As an avid reader and movie-watcher, it is easy to look at books and films like Tomorrowland and compare the Asgardian dream of a nation free from racism and discrimination, where the advancement of humankind is our shared goal, where the scientific exploration of ourselves and the universe is a task we hold at our core, and see what our future can be if we strive to rise as a nation and show the world what we are capable of achieving as a race.

Moving away from here and residing somewhere else, out in the space,.... it looks like a joke NOW, but I've no doubt it WILL happen one day.... because mankind and its abilities and dreams are much much much bigger than this little tiny planet called The Earth...
2-July-2018

London, UK

Asgardia as a unified nation, of all cultures and religions as one.

I would like to help build this nation, with 2 years in finance and charitable works.

I believe we can achieve what humanity has failed to produce, which is a unification of our species, an evolution of our thinking, of our rules, of our existence as one.

How can  I get involved

I dream of a future for our children

Rob Velez

I’ve been wondering for so long what role theatre, music and other forms of art serve in understanding the spatial structure around us known as space; how we could develop such an understanding into something more useful for the improvement of our nation...

Then, it hit me. If Asgardia aims to have one spoken language in due time, what better way then to use the arts to explore languages and forms of communication?! Can the medium of topography break down barriers of language for example, so that we may communicate in silence? Hit me up with suggestions as I’m wanting to contribute to this global community

Lembit Opik speaking in the British Parliament in 2009. Lembit was a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for 13 years. He led the campaign for action on the threat of Near Earth Objects. He has worked internationally on this campaign, and has collaborated with Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart - and with the Spaceguard organisation, which shares the same concerns as Asgardia regarding the NEO threat.

Thank you to all who have voted for me. It’s so inspiring to find others who share a vision. I look forward to taking this vision further and helping Asgardia grow.

I’d like to update you about this direction. I’ve nominated myself to be a part-time Deputy Minister for Citizenship.

As someone who currently has citizenship in more than one earthly country, and has to understand visas and citizenship rights and responsibilities as part of various professional roles over the years, I feel this would be a good fit for my knowledge and interest.

There has been much discussion about what the physical proof of citizenship will look like, e.g. passports and ID cards. I would like to talk more about what citizenship means to us.

Beyond what is currently in our Constitution, what rights do we expect to have as citizens? What responsibilities should be upon us in order to maintain a positive and active citizenry? How will citizenship be obtained in the future? Under what circumstances will it be revoked? How will Asgardian citizenship differ from that of earthly states?

These particulars, as with all other aspects of Asgardia, will develop over time. Regardless of the outcome of this election, I look forward to many positive and fruitful discussions about citizenship, and beautiful intricacies of our new nation.

I just wanted to share a thought with all my fellow Asgardians.

Equality.

On Asgardia there should be social, political and economic equality of the sexes.

It is so hard to achieve it here because no one is used to it, but if we could built a place where male and female are treated the same way, it is going to be something normal for everyone.

No more fights, no moro protests, we can all just live peacefully together.

I also think that being gay, lesbian, transgender etc. should be seen as a normal thing, it is again something hard to achieve here but new nation, new rules.

Everyone should be able to be who she/he wants to be and not be afraid to show it.

What is really out there waiting for us, what can be discovered? We need are in a new space race ... but there are a few things we need to be successful.

We are limited by resources and tools, we have the capability of contracting to various governments and in so doing the beginning of our trading.

We need to work as a team to cross obstacles, risks will need to be taken.

We are at the dawning of a new age .... People are looking at the skies and wonder when they will be available to all people....

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/alien-probe-or-galactic-driftwood-seti-tunes-in-to-oumuamua/