Dear fellow Asgardians, dear MPs elect,

This is brief note to clarify some on-going misunderstandings.

1. MPs elect will only become MPs after the completion of verification and the Parliament session at the end of June.

2. The only actions which are requested from MPs elect until then is to provide all information in response to emails from Parliament Coordinator, select the main committee of interest, to sign and return NDA, to make suggestions (if any) about the agenda and to make suggestions (if any) about areas of law which might require consultations during the first session.

3. Any other activities are purely voluntary, and have not been initiated or requested by Asgardia.

4. It is a personal choice of any MP elect to take part in such activities. Not taking part will not reflect on the status of MP elect.

5. All the clauses of the Declaration of Unity, Constitution of Asgardia and all earlier agreed rules and regulations on any platform of Asgardia are applicable to all Asgardians. This includes all MPs elect.

6. Since there is on-going effort from some MPs elect which is misleading in terms of tasks and mandate in the current transitional/preparatory period, Administration will shortly issue a temporary Code of Conduct for MPs elect. It will be applicable until membership in the Parliament is finalised, and Parliament decides to adopt/develop a new CoC.

7. I strongly encourage all MPs elect to respond to all emails from the Parliament coordinator. Without it your participation in the June session will not be possible to organise.

I thank you all very much for continuous collaboration, courtesy and acting in best interests of every Asgardian in line with the already agreed framework.

Sincerely,
Lena De Winne
NGO Asgardia, CEO
Deputy Head of Administration

A Cygnus cargo spacecraft will launch to the International Space Station on Saturday (Nov. 11) to deliver supplies and science experiments to the Expedition 53 crew. Today (Nov. 10), NASA TV will air a live briefing about the science on board beginning at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT).

Cygnus will lift off on an Antares rocket at 7:37 a.m. EST (1237 GMT) from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia. You can watch live coverage of the launch beginning at 7 a.m. EST (1200 GMT).

https://www.space.com/17933-nasa-television-webcasts-live-space-tv.html

[ADMIN POST]

Dear Asgardians,

Borders exist only on the maps and in our minds. From space you can see only continents and blue ocean, no names of the countries, no political regimes or economic situation, no war conflicts, no allies and no enemies.

Asgardia is free and open society and our aim is to leave behind all Earth conflicts. In accordance with Constitution Asgardia does not carry any symbols which references to Earth's history of humankind.

Please try not to use any religious, political or extremist symbols in any public publications like petitions, leaders or member of Parliament platform, official social media platforms.

Human history changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball and weighed only 83.6 kg. It took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race. Moreover, it was the first step of humankind into space exploration

The contests for the national symbols of Asgardia took place on the website www.asgardia.space in the period of 15 October 26 to 20 January 2017.

Please follow below link to see the results of the popular vote and find out which symbols became the most popular. Winners of contests will get prizes.

Lists of contests results and winners

Temporary symbols of Asgardia

Under the leadership of chairman Ram Jakhu, the CEC has reviewed the candidacies and confirmed the independent Voting Commission, comprised of the following Asgardians:

Paul Bellamy (Asgardian from Australia) -Chairman

John Spiropulos (Asgardian from Hong Kong) - member

Robert Thomas (Asgardian from the USA) - member

Derek Newhouse (Asgardian from Canada) - member

Alex Sautin (Asgardian from Russia) - member

With the support of 1World Online, an independent data management company, represented by Alex Fedosseev (USA)

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On 29 June, UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, and Mr Igor Ashurbeyli, President of the Asgardia International Non-Governmental Research Society on Space (IUFV), signed an agreement to foster high-quality research and education by rewarding individuals and institutions for their outstanding contributions to the development of space science and the expansion and dissemination of knowledge about space.

Read more https://asgardia.space/en/page/media/UNESCO-and-Asgardia-International-Non-Governmental-Research-Society-on-Space-establish-cooperation-on-Space-Science

All space agencies are developing their own projects both open and secretly in benefit of their countries and agencies itself. Reaching Moon and Mars are the greatest priority nowadays and everybody knows something about these NASA, ESA, Roskosmos projects, although there are many projects that are not advertised that much. As Dr. Ashurbeily stated Asgardia would not be interested in the exploration of deep space and would focus on Earth protection and developing habitation on low Earth orbits.  Please share your opinion what projects of different agencies could be worth for Asgardia to join

Space exploration is a highly technological, scientific industry that creates jobs worldwide and shows revenue of billions of dollars. Modern aerospace careers include engineers, scientists, technicians, computer programmers, pilots, mechanics, graphic artists and administrators and many others. Careers specific to space exploration include those in the physical sciences,  such as physics, biology, and chemistry. Its economic sector is  growing quickly with increases in 4 percent in 2013, to a record $314 billion. Such growth continuously tempts entrepreneurs to get an early start in an industry that is expected to double its employment in the next 10 years. We have made a list of jobs that will be created by space exploration and space flight industry in next 30 years.

• Lunar outpost life Systems maintenance engineer
• Lunar Shuttle pilot
• Extraterrestrial outpost architect/builder
• Astrobiologist
• Orbital farmer
• Space tour guide
• Space communication specialist
• Orbital bio environment creator
• Asteroid hunter
• Spacenet provision specialist
• Orbital debris disposal specialist
• Orbital rehabilitation specialist

Please share your thoughts about future space related jobs that will be of demand in next 30 years in Facebook group and forum .