Is it possible and sensible to bring together the best of humanity in space?

ASGARDIA IN SPACE On November 12, 2017, the Asgardia-1 satellite was successfully launched from the Wallops spaceport in Virginia, United States. Thus, Asgardia officially received its first national territory in space – the National Ark of Asgardia.

ASGARDIA ON EARTH We are a Space Nation, however, we still live on Earth and Asgardia does not see terrestrial borders and will not create borders in space.

A unique map of Asgardia shows the terrestrial cities where the Asgardians live, in the form of symbolic star cities.

In this way the most eloquent phrase that comes to my mind is: “If you know the environment in which you move, you will know how you can understand the structure that motivates human beings to consider the value of finding in space the frontier that in the future will meet the expectations of humans.”

Let’s go to concrete and truthful data found in Room Magazine in one of its articles called: Prioritizing space solutions to accelerate sustainable development*, which states:

When Aarti Holla-Maini addressed 1,500 delegates at the UK Space Conference in Belfast in November, she had only been in office for a couple of months as head of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs in Vienna. In this article, the Special Rapporteur shares her thoughts on the future of space and asks what can be done to make better use of space and achieve political goals.

into a following paragraphs she highlights:

Today there are many active examples of space technology, data and services that are driving tangible change and many of them come from the United Kingdom. However, I believe that if they are supported by appropriate policymaking, they have the opportunity to be leveraged on a large scale to drive results on global challenges and generate economic returns for those who are enabling them. I believe this approach is in line with the four pillars of the UK National Space Strategy: growth, international collaboration, science and resilient capabilities.

It should be noted that in Ireland, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites are being used to measure grass growth and support farmers’ rotational grazing, which has had a significant impact on profitability in a positive way. In a broader context, we must remember that the UK imports almost half of the food it consumes. Do we realise that 15 per-cent of that food is lost between farm and shop and almost a third of it is “lost” locally?

Another of the featured articles on the Room magazine website is this one: The promise of solar energy for sustainable development and space exploration, which notes that: The process of extracting solar energy from space and transferring it to Earth is an increasingly topical issue. In recent years, a number of projects and experiments have been undertaken by states, national space agencies, research centres and private entities to assess whether solar energy converted to microwaves could be transmitted to receiving stations on the Earth’s surface on a large scale. Here, the authors investigate the promise of this important undertaking and consider some of the legal and technical challenges.

*The Editor-in-Chief of Asgardiana Magazine notes: This article is based on a keynote address given by the author at the UK Space Conference, Belfast, November 2023. Although his audience is predominantly British, his words have a broader resonance for the global space community and governments more broadly: Prioritising space solutions to accelerate sustainable development – Room: The Space Journal

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