“Well, now you are ours too,” said the wife of the Belgian cosmonaut Frank de Winné Lena. And she stuck a strip with the words "Asgardia" on my badge.
The first impression from the story heard from Lena is that the eccentrics are having fun. Second, there is something in this. Third, when I read the site and documents - and yet a cool, modern idea!
I will come from the congress - I will definitely write in more detail. Now it is concise. There is a scientist, businessman and philanthropist in Russia Igor Ashurbeyli. A serious man, for ten years he was the general director of NPO Almaz - one of the most closed and most serious military enterprises in the country. The S-300 and S-400 complexes are from there. Such people are not involved in dubious projects.
Brochure & quot; Asgardia & quot; / ALEXANDER MILKUS / kp.ru
The idea is to create your own ideal country. And "populate" it with space startups. The most serious lawyers, experts in state law, have confirmed that the current UN charter allows it. For a country to become a member of the United Nations, it must meet 4 conditions. Territory? It will be a satellite, which will be launched in November this year (and this is serious). Can a country's territory be in space? Why not? There are no restrictions in the charter. And the people do not have to live on their territory. There are Uzbeks living in Russia, and are listed as citizens of Uzbekistan. The main thing is to have a territory. Constitution. Its lawyers composed and more than 100 thousand people voted for it. The government - well, everything is simple - there are many who want to lead the country. Parliament - there will be elections soon.
It starts its own currency - of course, virtual - crypto.
Formally, the UN leadership has no reason to reject the country. Unless with the wording "this cannot be because it can never be."
And then the government has the right to establish its own taxes, its own development program. And offer ideal (almost) conditions for those who want to develop space technology. No taxes on citizens. Creation of a support fund. This is cooler than a venture fund - the fund lives according to the laws of the country where it is resident. And the country is its own law.
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In general, at the congress today they talked a lot about satellites for remote sensing of the Earth, telecommunication and meteorological devices, scientific stations for the study of other planets. Everything is in line with the already established tradition.
But about the satellites that are launched in order to stake out a place for their people in orbit … This has not happened before!
ALEXANDER MILKUS