December 2019
Human conception and childbirth in space
... responsibility for procreation in space by teaming with SpaceBorn United. However, Russian billionaire Dr Igor Ashurbeyli - the founder of Asgardia, the first space nation - appears the most serious and credible in his ambition to enable the first...
January 2020
Venture capital investment in space
..., when we consider, for example, the ambitions of Asgardia the space nation, aspects of lunar settlement such as ...within the life of a fund, but that may be where Asgardia itself can step in. We live in interesting times! PlanetWatchers’ multi...
January 2020
Commercialising space exploration and development
...was something of an alien concept for NASA at the time. Here, in an article based on his presentation at the Asgardia Space Science & Investment Conference (ASIC) in October, CEO Jeff Manber reflects on the company’s pioneering commercial journey ...
February 2020
Surviving bacteria in space
... will only increase for future missions to the Moon and Mars. This article, based on a presentation at the Asgardia Space Science & Investment Congress (ASIC) in Darmstadt, Germany, in October, explains some of the issues and describes the...
February 2020
Investigation of the Coriolis effect in rotating space platforms
... habitants. In this article, Tigran Mkhoyan elaborates on his presentation in the ‘Artificial Gravity’ segment of October’s Asgardia Space Science & Investment Congress (ASIC). Arguably, most of us interested in space travel have seen or heard about...
January 2023
The effects of spaceflight on the female body
... simulation (SIRIUS-21) concluded in the summer of 2022. During the eight month project , IBMP scientists, supported by Asgardia the Space Nation, studied changes in a range of factors in female volunteers in long-term isolation in a pressurised...
