Die ist kleiner als ein Schuhkarton, hat aber fast 200.000 Einwohner. Die Weltraumnation Asgaridia existiert als ein Satellit im Erdorbit und soll zur Wissenschafts- und Wirtschaftsmacht heranwachsen. Helfen soll dabei die erste außerirdische Kryptowährung.
The Russian Embassy in Israel on Thursday evening for the first time hosted its National Day reception in Jerusalem, a nod to Moscow’s April 2017 recognition of Western Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
The ritzy event took place at Sergei’s Courtyard, a historic complex in the central Jerusalem district known as the Russian Compound, which Israeli authorities handed to Russia a decade ago in a goodwill gesture.
It is widely believed to be the first-ever national day event by a foreign embassy to take place in Jerusalem.
Now, Asgardia is about to name its own space currency.
The world's first space kingdom has launched a global competition to create financial and economic systems for the sovereign nation.
Participants in the Future of Finance and Economics Competition are tasked with submitting proposals that outline a payment instrument for goods and services, savings functions and liquidity of national currency.
‘Asgardia’ has called for cryptocurrency and blockchain experts to help – months after putting its own satellite into orbit.
In a statement it said, ‘The competition is open to any and all people to propose new ideas that will help build the financial and economic structures of Asgardia. Submissions may focus on new technologies, including information systems-based ones such as blockchain and cryptocurrency.
On November 12, Asgardia cemented its presence in outer space by launching the Asgardia-1 satellite.
The "nanosat" -- it is roughly the size of a loaf of bread -- undertook a two-day journey from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, the United States, to the International Space Station (ISS).
It contains 0.5 TB of data belonging to 18,000 of Asgardia's citizens, such as family photographs, as well as digital representations of the space nation's flag, coat of arms and constitution.
Over half a million people want tobecome citizens of Asgardia, a so-called "space nation" that will orbit the Earth and be free from politics and laws.
The idea comes from billionaire Russian computer scientist Dr Igor Ashurbeyli, who has confirmed 200,000 verified citizens from the initial 500,000 applicants from over 200 actual countries here on terra firma.
He founded the independent nation in October 2016 and took it a step closer to reality this week by launching the Asgardia-1 satellite.
The first nation in space finally launches Saturday aboard a commercial spacecraft set to blast off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Although the physical territory of Asgardiawill consist solely of what's basically just a floating file server in orbit, the self-proclaimed "space kingdom" insists the deployment of the satellite Asgardia-1 is just the beginning of a much grander vision of a true space state.
Asgardia is probably one of the few self-declared sovereign states you could fit in a backpack.
The Asgardia-1 satellite, which is about the size of a loaf of bread, launched on 12 November and contains half a terabyte of data. It holds the foundations of the project – the nation’s constitution, its national symbols, and data from its 115,000 citizens. It was launched fromNASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia aboard a Cygnus spacecraft on an Orbital ATK Antares rocket.
Status: Saturday’s launch scrubbed with just minutes remaining in the countdown due to a range violation caused by a wayward plane. The next attempt on Sunday morning was successful, although not without incident, as two boats were in the range requiring Antares to launch at the end of her window.
Cygnus, which was developed by Orbital ATK’s predecessor Orbital Sciences Corporationfor NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) andCommercial Resupply Services (CRS) programs, is one of two US cargo vehicles that form part of a fleet of international spacecraft used to support theInternational Space Station (ISS)in orbit.
Lena De Winne: Hello, ladies and gentlemen. We are happy to see you here today. Igor Ashurbeyli, Head of Nation.