Archinect - News2024-12-23T20:38:49-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150038249/home-is-where-your-hard-drive-is
Home is where your hard drive is. Anthony George Morey2017-11-17T13:45:00-05:00>2017-11-17T15:59:33-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/n0/n0qbyfwhil9m230e.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Within 40 hours of the project being announced in 2016, over 100,000 people had applied for citizenship on Asgardia's website. After three weeks, Asgardia had 500,000 applicants.</p></em><br /><br /><p>On November 12, a hard drive 'nanosat' containing the information of 18,000 newly naturalized citizens of Asgardia took off for its two-day flight to the international space station. The nanosat — it is roughly the size of a loaf of bread — contains 0.5 TB of data such as family photographs, as well as digital representations of the space nation's flag, coat of arms, and constitution. </p>
<p>The project, lead by a 53-year-old rocket scientist Dr Igor Ashurbeyl, says its mission is to provide a "peaceful society," offer easier access to space technologies, and protect earth from space threats, such as asteroids and man-made debris in space.</p>
<p><em>"I really want to be able to see if human beings are able to have more opportunity to express their opinions, The society we live in now — everything seems to be either capitalism or communism — there's a lot of conflict. As a human being, I would hope (to see) if we could have other ways (of living). For a better life, and for more options."</em> Says Dr Ig...</p>