Space Nation Asgardia Is Recruiting Vermonters to Leave Earth Behind
Link: https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/space-nation-asgardia-is-recruiting-vermonters-to-leave-earth-behind/Content?oid=29200501

A former member of British Parliament wants Vermonters to join him — in space.

Lembit Öpik is recruiting new followers and residents for Asgardia, a self-proclaimed space nation that's got its sights set on leaving Earth behind. The group has already launched a small satellite to mark its territory. And it boasts a million followers from around the world — including roughly 1,000 in Vermont — and "residents" who pay an annual fee for the honor.

Asgardians in Vermont are clustered around Essex, Stowe and Burlington, according to the group.

Dr. Igor Ashurbeyli founded Asgardia in 2016 and has funded the venture with millions of his personal fortune. The Russian scientist "was dissatisfied with the way Earth affairs are run by humanity,"

"He was in Canada when he came up with the idea that we could do the whole human community thing better if we started again, and took the best of what we do and leave the worst behind," Öpik said in a phone interview from London. "And do it in space."

A self-declared space nation called Asgardia is planning a fully functioning space economy and wants help from Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos
Link: https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-jeff-bezos-help-space-kingdom-asgardia-2019

Asgardia is a non-governmental organization that wants to become the first kingdom and nation-state in space.

On Saturday, the group's 150 elected representatives met for Asgardia's first parliamentary session in Tallinn, Estonia.

Asgardia chairman Lembit Opik told Business Insider the group has considered approaching Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to help them get into outer space. The two tech billionaires founded space companies SpaceX and Blue Origin respectively.

More than 300,000 people are already paying Asgardia's annual "residency" fee, although UN rules suggest Asgardia's ambition to set up a true space nation won't be realized for some time, if ever.

Asgardia's goal is to transport thousands of people to an enormous space station by 2043, beyond Earth's jurisdictions, to "build a new democratic society."

Asgardia was founded by Ashurbeyli in 2016 — or "Year 0" in the Asgardian calendar – and it now boasts an elected body of 150 members from all over the world, after online elections last year. Its incumbent Prime Minister is Ana Diaz, a lawyer from Venezuela, and its chief justice is Zhao Yun, a fellow lawyer from Hong Kong. Opik was voted in last year as head of parliament.

Ashurbeyli is understood to have invested around $12 million of his own money into the project to date, while another $2 million has been paid in by members of the public.



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