July 2018
A moment in space and time
...Safety and Security, Equity and Resources, Administrative Affairs, and Manufacturing. Asgardia’s first parliamentary session in Vienna. Philosophy and ideology “Unfortunately, the entire history of civilization of Earth shows that humankind is moving...
September 2018
Debris or not debris - is that the question?
... body disintegrates into thousands of lethal but non-trackable (LNT) fragments. We should therefore reject “the philosophy of fait accompli” and instead “entrench prospective, preventive reasoning at the institutional level in the assessment of risks...
October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
... cosmos? My personal opinion is that many answers are to be found outside the worlds of business and engineering: from philosophy and ethics to various forms of the arts, including but not limited to science-fiction. We have only to listen...
December 2018
Prosperity in the stars
... and the procreation of the species there, in Ashurbeyli’s view, ensure that “humanity has a future. In terms of Asgardia’s philosophy and in terms of all the tangible things that Asgardia will be doing, that is the key objective. All...
March 2019
Laying the foundations for cosmic habitation
... at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution before going on to the University of Bristol, where he completed a degree in philosophy. Leon Shpilsky is Finance Minister and CEO of Asgardia AG. He most recently served as the Principal/Head of Corporate...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
... missions. Sleep, eat, clean, toilet, socialise, all crammed into a limited volume-space. This design philosophy is also driven by resource limitations and sustainability. Today’s human exploration missions primarily revolve around the International...
