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In what sounds like a backstory for a sci-fi B-movie, a team from the Aerospace International Research Center (AIRC) has announced plans for Asgardia, a "space nation" satellite that will operate as its own country, independent of any Earthly nation state. At a press conference in Paris this week, project leader Dr Igor Ashurbeyli outlined the philosophical, legal and scientific goals and issues of Asgardia, as well as put out a call for Earthlings to apply to be its first citizens, and help design its flag and other national symbols.
Fans of Norse mythology (or Marvel movies) will recognize the name Asgardia as stemming from the city in the skies ruled by Odin. According to Ashurbeyli, it was chosen to represent the unifying philosophy behind the project.
"It is the realization of man's eternal dream to leave his cradle on Earth and expand into the Universe," Ashurbeyli explains. "Asgardia's philosophical envelope is to 'digitalize' the Noosphere, creating a mirror of humanity in space but without Earthly division into states, religions and nations. In Asgardia we are all just Earthlings!"
Tip for Asgardia: If Matt Damon wants to use your Med Bay, let him.
takyon: Also at BBC and asgardia.space.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday October 14 2016, @03:47PM
creating a mirror of humanity in space but without Earthly division into states, religions and nations.
So why is it necessary to apply for citizenship? They already blew it.
Besides, without Twinkies and weed, what's the point?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday October 14 2016, @05:49PM
Maybe they will be able to create pudding using algae or yeast to make gelatin and other ingredients.
Twinkies might not be so far off:
http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/12328-homemade-twinkies [nytimes.com]
http://leitesculinaria.com/71100/recipes-homemade-twinkies.html [leitesculinaria.com]
http://leitesculinaria.com/71110/recipes-seven-minute-frosting.html [leitesculinaria.com]
They seem to contain flour, baking powder, milk, butter, vanilla, eggs, sugar, cream of tartar, marshmallow, heavy cream (the other frosting recipe uses corn syrup instead of marshmallow and heavy cream).
Could some of those ingredients be spewed out by microbes rather than grown in the space-constrained hydroponics farm? Well, look at this story: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=15/04/17/1128204 [soylentnews.org]
Weed on the other hand is resource intensive (to my knowledge, compared to various vegetables they would grow). Mushrooms could potentially fit into a sustainable reuse cycle, and next-generation chemistry machines [nature.com] could possibly synthesize THC or LSD in a compact and resource efficient setting.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 14 2016, @07:13PM
and "without religion", just only worship of Odin by design?
It's just plain religio-economic scam, as everything else on this planet.