I actually was thinking a little about this a while back. I think there needs to be a separate decision based on space-based versus land-based colonies.

For space-based, I agree with @ Phicksur , the bodies need to be allowed to be reduced into the biological components needed for the space colony.

For land-based, I had an idea that I find quite compelling: the first person in the family lineage is buried with a tree sprout and their body is used to nourish that tree. The second parent to die also gets buried with a random tree. However, the children could then be buried with a sprout that was spliced between the two parent trees. This not only allows the world to help bury their loved ones and help the environment at the same time, but it can also produce, quite literally, a family tree.

BloodyClean

From a long-term perspective, allowing the body to leave the station will result in an overall reduction of organic mass. Thus, 'shooting a body into the sun' would not only require that fuel be used to maintain a stable orbit, it would also, over time, require that organic matter be injected back into the system from outside. This would jeopardize the whole 'self-sufficiency' thing.

So, allowing a body to be rendered back down into water and biological matter would be more sensible. A process similar to what they use in the Dune series to reclaim the water of the dead. The then-mummified remains of the body could then be retained for a time for societal and, perhaps, legal reasons (if the death was suspicious). After the corpse's time for usefulness is at an end, it would then be reclaimed like all other organic matter.

PGT

modification of the chapter 4

Asgadia currency its the asgard

Asgardian currency is freely exchangeable into all of the global currencies on the free market on Earth an the universe. This can be presented in two denominations in physical form (paper money) and in the form of digital currency, including any form of crytocurrency

Asgardia's National Bank is responsible for the exchange rate, issue and circulation of finance, stability of the sovereign currency and bank system liquidity of the different denominations of currency. Asgardia's National Bank is regulated by the law of Asgardia. Decisions about the form and characteristics of paper money is at the discretion of the head of state ( igor may decide which form will have our paper currency included in which symbols and faces to place in it)

The integrity, stability and value of the denominations of the currency will be in the hands of Asgardia's National Bank and the government will be responsible for the maintenance, costs and infrastructure of the currency both on planet earth and in any territory of the space under the juridisccion of asgardia And try to maintain a unified currency with all present and future territories that are under the jurisdiction of asgardia any violation of any denomination of the currency should be declared as a matter of national security

(This is catalytic, if lena creates a crytocurency, the maintenance and infrastructure will be in the hands of Asgardia's National Bank is to say all those who create this will have a site like Asgardians and give  us the source code, in case of one of the creators of the cureency introduces vulnerabilities the Asgardia's National Bank must have the necessary tools to avoid a financial collapse to all the asgardia in the whole earth and the galaxies that are under the jurisdiction of asgardia

If you're worried about not being able to get around the station(s), I'm sure there'll be some alternative to cars. There'll probably be some sort of subway or monorail system for mass transportation, with maybe some kind of public bike renting system for personal transportation (or of course, there's always walking).

Hello @Bobtheslob,

This issue is actually already being discussed within the civil justice section of the forum. Would you mind commenting there please, as we need to keep all comments on this important subject together.

https://asgardia.space/en/forum/forum/civil-justice-26/topic/age-of-majority-2026/?post=13643

We are going to turn off the comments here but will keep this post in place as the subject is also applicable here, we only need to redirect the comments to a central post.

Thank you everyone for the understanding in this.

No. Quite simply..

There is no need for them other than for simple "familiarity", but if you want familiarity why would you be moving onto a station and into the unknown? The only places that would require anything similar to seasons are hydroponics. but that'll not necessarily be 3 months of X season!

Personally, I think that the seasons should be addressed according to their current location. In space, there won't be any, but on Earth, the region/area where a specific Asgardian 'Embassy/Consulate' would be located, could be within a type of season: winter, (snow, ice), fall, (leaves changing). Now on another planet, we may see different styles of seasons as well. On Mars, there may be a 'dust-storm' season, or a 'colder' season. I think it will just depend on more on location based.

Leo

Hello, fellow Asgardians! I'd like to remind you that it would be prudent to clear any project you might have in mind with Asgardia officials before dedicating your time and enthusiasm to your ideas.

A comprehensive proposal should be submitted to the administrator team and addressed for the attention of “Projects Manager”.
For further details on this please refer to this page: Quarterly Project Proposal

Thank you for your understanding in this, and we look forward to working with you in the future!

NASA actually late last year ran a contest to re-design the micro gravity toilet system.  So it does seem to be a pressing issue for them.

We may be well off setting up large algae production facilities to produce oxygen, foods, and fuels(if biodiesel is needed for anything).

Not just that but there are some trees that are far superior to scrubbing the air than others. http://homeguides.sfgate.com/indoor-plants-produce-oxygen-64950.html

As for purifying air there are also plants specifically great at doing that as well. https://greatist.com/connect/houseplants-that-clean-air

it sounds like, for the most part, everyone wants trees in the habitat. but why are people voting against the idea of having trees if you like them in the votes? there maybe a better way with other plants that are better at the oxygen:carbon thing which is better and wont take as long either. It is also not a bad idea to keep the CO2 airlock to make sure in the worst cases. There can be MANY points of failure here and we need to get all of them down as a group,and not just asgardian government officials. If the people work together as a team to concur all possible failure points, it will be much more efficient for the whole asgardian population.

Why would you not allow children?  We'd never be a true space faring nation if we're restricted to sending women back to terra in order to give birth and then confine them to a rock for 12yrs. If, as you have stated, we have some form of gravity then there should be no major reason for them not being there. Plus, you never know, with them growing and developing in space we could launch the next phase of our own physical evolution :).

More over, the control over their education would be an advantage. Rather than them being educated with the biases based in earthly systems in the host country in which they live... (OK I admit that doesn't make sense to me now) My point is that a UK CofE school will teach according to their belief and values, a Turkish school, Russian.... You get my point!?!

My question is if the fuel cell reaction is possible at high temperature 800+ degrees C? If yes we could use temperature(that is a problem in space) to generate energy. The second question if electrolisis is higher efficient with with water at high temperature 200-300 degrees C? If i'm right at high temperature the effeciency of electrolisis can be higher than 1(for electricity)? let's say 2H2O + e + t1 = 4 H + 2 O  than we will have a tempreture to power pump.

There's no wind in space, well, not the kind you are used to on Earth. And water either freezes in the depths of space, or evaporate in the Sun.

Solar power is the most intuitive source of energy, since the base could be made to have an orbit free from Earth's shadow (such as a Lagrangian point), and there's no clouds in space so sunlight there is constant.