Meaning of Life:

Let me start by trying to help you understand who you truly are. First you must understand that there is no purpose to anything. There is no true purpose for the lives that we have. We live and die and the world just moves on. We are nothing more than a speck on speck on this pale blue dot in the vast endless universe. In cosmic scales our lives have no meaning. With this fact, you may ask yourself ‘well why do people go on living then?’. The short answer to that question is purpose. But wait you just said there is no purpose to anything. To that I answer true, at the grand scale. But as individuals we create purpose in our lives. The decisions that we make throughout our lives shape us. If these decisions are good or bad with outcomes that are either harmful or beneficial they help create who we truly are.

Every decision that we make as an individual is another step to truly discovering ourselves. When we walk down the path we call life, every fork in the road has forks of its own eventually blossoming into a tree. Whichever path we choose there is something along the way that pushes us to keep carrying on even after we fail or make choices that we later regret. But this is how we become individuals. Without the ability to make choices for ourselves and to live with those choices we would be lost to the world. Each choice has a meaning and without every piece of a puzzle it can never be completed. Individualism is what separates us from the creatures that surround us on this world.

Most of us still have no purpose even after many forks are traveled. But eventually a true purpose will find us. A majority of individuals find purpose in the ability to provide for and care for another. Relationships and feelings is what keeps most of us carrying on day to day. That need and want to be better versions of ourselves to make the lives of those that we love better in any meaningful way is what keeps most of us going. In that sense, we as individuals would be nothing without each other. We have minds that are curious and that require the need to engage with others in various forms. This is what helps us grow as others grow around us.

Many people though are just fine and strive for greatness throughout life without the need for other individuals. Others can help make your life have purpose and create a sense of happiness, but sometimes you must create the purpose to your life for yourself. There are many great minds and people with great abilities that just need to engage with the world that is around them without other individuals and are still able to achieve great purpose from it. The greatest discoveries and scientific breakthroughs all have come from the minds of people that have the drive to do more. These individuals have the need to make the lives better for as many people as possible. Even though what they do and what they create has no meaning on any cosmic scale, it has all the meaning on the individual’s scale.

We must create meaning to our lives to carry on. Without any purpose, many of us struggle with just day to day tasks. Once we find our purpose, either by creating it ourselves or by someone else discovering it inside of us, we can truly be satisfied with our lives.

Let us unite as individuals and as a nation to help give meaning to this reality around us. Together we can achieve anything if we truly put our minds to it. So, let us make the world know that we are ASGARDIANS! We as individuals and as a nation have a purpose to make this world and every world beyond a better place. A place where we can all get along. A place where we can work together. A place where we can achieve anything. A place where greatness awaits. A place where we can create purpose!

Greetings Asgardians,

Science is the fundamental spark to discovery. It is the reason we, as Asgardians, decided to join forces to propel Asgardia to shine a light on our future. We decided to dream, inspire and imagine. To quote Albert Einstein, " Imagination is greater than knowledge ". With that in mind, what could the possible limit be to our society when we imagine?

The reason we strive to propel imagination is that its ability knows no bounds. This affected my personal influence in the science research field. I coordinated and led a team of six high school students, from Platteville High School, to create a camera stabiliser. This project was selected to be tested by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to assist astronauts. We developed, designed, fabricated and tested our project to be able to help astronauts outreach safely and securely while in space. Our project received high marks for being a first-year project and for being the most revolutionary idea to go through their outreach program. With news coverage here , ( http://www.channel3000.com/news/local-news/platteville-students-hope-to-get-their-invention-into-space_20161115040110897/158308956 ) we were able to use imagination and make a direct difference in the scientific community.

As I strive to imagine the future, I decided to have a direct influence by studying Science Education at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee to become a science teacher. This way, I can help to inspire others to reach farther and use the light of science to help humanity. As it is an educator's duty to challenge and inspire others.

At the end of the day, however, that is why we are all here. We all have unique abilities and are striving to make this world a better place. I encourage everyone to strive to make Asgardia the light in the sky that inspires humanity to reach for the stars.

As Les Brown states, we should " Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars ". I hope to shoot for the moon with you and let's have imagination be our guide!

~Maximillion D. Frommelt

Eagle Scout

Former NASA Researcher

Asgardian

Mutual respect, empathy, and the willingness to understand and adapt to different perspectives is unvaluable to any society which truly values advancement and progression towards a better future. Science, facts, and practicality are the baseline of all intellectual debates, and philosophy is the baseline of all ethical matters. These values can not, and will not, be ignored in a truly progressive culture. Legislate in the favor of all when possible, the majority when not, and yourself never. That is what I stand for, and that is how I intend to help facilitate of future in which we stand as a nation which others aspire to be.