Or the same old stuff...Procreation in Space is a main goal of Asgardia. How sad. I mean as I have said before, having a baby in space is going to happen, but not by Asgardia. Why? Asgardia has nothing and no one in space but a cubesat. NASA, Russia, China all have skin in the game. oh and lets not forget about SpaceX.

Having a baby in space should not be a priority for Asgardia, But Scientific research into how this can be made to happen safely. Medial devices, how to handle the birth, NICU etc.

If NASA is planning on going back to the moon within 5 years, and stay on the moon. Then having a baby is going to happen sometime after the first people set foot on it. But due to gravity being less than that of the Earth, how do we handle having a baby on it?

So my point it that we need someone smarter than the Head of the Nation to make a decision on the Medical Research, Engineering Research needed to be able to have a baby in space and a healthy one at that.

I got a new computer today and come to the Asgardia.com website and log in. It displays my blog. when i go to my profile it says that I have paid the Citizenship Fee (I'm one of the first 100,000 people to register), but it also says i paid the Mayor Candidate Fee as well. I did not pay for it. I'm not sure what is happening here.

If you want to vote for me please do so. I'm not sure what to think anymore.

I just had a conversation with a MP of Asgardia, He had posted something on the Facebook page in regards to building a new nation and doing so "Without Pay". However, according to the 2019 Asgardia Budget, Members of Parliament should be receiving a monthly compensation of 500 Euros.

Does this mean that the budget was a lie? A kind of click bait for us little people to show us that yes they have a budget of 10 Million Euros.

Was it a lie?

When I created my personal budget I started with my monthly paychecks. How much i brought in. Then went through my bills and listed those (including when they were due). So Paycheck, rent, credit card, car payment, insurance, food, entertainment, savings...etc. etc. I know exactly where each of my Dollars goes to.

I am having trouble understanding what Asgardia is up to.

I have not paid nor will I pay the Citizenship Fee, nor will I invest 1000 euros into Asgardia, until they give us clear goals, business plans etc.

Will Asgardia add its own news to the site or continue to copy other news agencies articles?

We demand and deserve our very own news service that will report in there own way the news happenings of the day, week, month, year etc. etc.

I constantly see articles written about something Space related, but its not written by Asgardia, its only copied.

When they interview someone of importance like an MP or Minister or HON, they never state whom the interviewer is/was...why is this? We deserve to know whom they are, and they deserve to be made known.

I feel that things need to change for the better before people regain trust in Asgardia and in Asgardian officials. How can we do this?

First lets just say that with recent scandels such as the Citizenship Fee and now the National Symbols (if you dont know about this, basically the people voted on Symbols such as the Flag and Coat of Arms, those that won should have been selected. However, my understanding is that they took the best of each of the symbols and put them into something that the people did not vote upon. The MPs just voted to approve the Flag and Coat of Arms., I'm not sure about the National Anthem though, who chose that etc.).

1. Transparency

a. Parliamentary sessions should be open and available to all Asgardians to view.

b. Skype, FB Live, Twitch, Youtube, MS Teams etc. should be used to televise Parliamentary sessions.

c. Meetings minutes shall be published no later than 24 hours after sessions ended.

d. Closed door meetings shall have meeting minutes taken and or a video record of it. Shall be made available upon official request through proper channels.

e. Committees shall be published with MPs names etc and meeting minutes shall be taken. Committees shall be video televised except upon being closed door meeting.

2. MPs

a. shall be named and listed on the official Asgardia website, complete with where they are from, Nation of origin, contact information including email/post address. (afterall we should be able to contact them).

b. MPs committees shall be published (what committees do they belong to).

c. How MPs voted shall be made available

d. MPs official duties shall be made public

3. Mayors

a. Who are they?

b. What are there duties, responsibilities?

c. Do they have a city council?

d. who elects this city council?

e. who do they (mayor and staff), answer to?

f. Shall hold all meetings in a public forum such as those listed in 1b above.

4. Ministers

a. shall be made available via email/post mailing address

b. see 1b above

5. Head of Nation

a. Shall make it known to all his intentions

b. hold once a month meetings with the people a video chat or send a message to all Asgardians, with what is going on with Asgardia. This will help to quell the rumors, and inject facts into the conversation.

c. See 1b above.

Those are some of my ideas. Maybe one day we will have some transparency in this. Hopefully soon.

Asgardia, thus far has not been recognized by any Nation. However, it has been noticed by many. One such Nation is the tiny Nation of Seychelles. This is (in my opinion) a very important first step. I feel as if Asgardia sends Representatives to various small Nations around the world to talk about what Asgardia is, how many people we have and what the hopes are, we could get more recognition. Maybe we should have small embassies opened in each of these Nations, especially if they have a few Asgardian Residents living in Country.

Well they are at it for the next couple of days, discussing the future of Asgardia. They need to discuss the Citizenship fee, and transparency and auditing and accountability. Oh and they need to televise this by live streaming on Twitch or Youtube or Facebook live. Nothing should be closed doors as it is now.

Oh and they kicked out 3 members of Parliament for misconduct and issued warnings to two other MPs. Nice at least state what they did, the exact nature of what they did. I know it was misconduct on official communication channels of Asgardia, which means either here on the Asgarida Website thru forums etc or on the Facebook pages.

A lot is being said on Facebook. Many people are stating they are leaving due to the email that is going around that states "pay the 100 euros or leave". I dont blame them for leaving. Nothing the MPs or Founder/Head of Nation does is transparent, it reeks of a scam in progress or a video game/RPG in progress. Nations are not built overnight, but we should have oversight and transparency and accountability.

They told me to put my concerns and suggestions to a petition. Petitions need 1000 votes to go up the chain. Non-thus far to my knowledge have passed with the needed 1000 votes.

The MPs and Head of Nation need to listen to the people more closely. Otherwise this project is done. Many people are already leaving and many cannot afford to pay the 100 euro citizenship fee. One MP told me that she pays in monthly installments of 8-10 euros/month. While there is no option for other people to do that. I wonder how that happened? How can one MP be allowed to pay monthly while the rest of us have to pay the entire fee upfront?

Makes One Wonder?