ASGARDIA has been billed as the world’s first space kingdom. And the cosmic micro nation has now outlined its most ambitious vision yet – to produce the first ever baby born in space.
In June last year a fledgling micro nation elected its first parliament. The new country boasts a population of 250,000, flag and constitution. But Asgardia is in fact like no other nation on Earth as it is the first-ever space kingdom. Asgardia is the idea of one man with an utopian vision unlike any other.
Russian millionaire Dr Igor Ashurbeyli, current chairman of UNESCO’s Science of Space committee came up with the cosmic concept in 2016.
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And after consulting space law experts at McGill University, he decided to start laying the groundwork for his space nation.
In October 2016, the nation began accepting applications for citizenship and received over half a million submissions, which were eventually whittled down to around 200,000, making it theoretically the 169th most populous nation in the world.
Asgardia’s constitution was ratified in August 2017, 147 members of Asgardia’s Parliament were confirmed in April 2018, and Ashurbeyli was elected head of Asgardia this June.
November 2017 saw launch of Asgardia’s first space satellite, ferrying 512 GB of data from its various citizens, granted the nation a territorial presence in space.
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Courtesy : Express Newspapers.