June 2020
Building a digital democracy in a planetary pandemic
... world’s first ‘digital democracy’ has continued to function with comparatively little disruption. Asgardia’s Chair of Parliament, Lembit Öpik, reports on a period of sustained productivity for Asgardia’s Parliament. The next giant leap forward, says...
September 2026
Asgardia – from vision to action
... Prime Minister Salvos Mouzakitis explains how his Government intends to translate Asgardia’s ambitions into practical action. Lembit Öpik has been Chair of Asgardia’s Parliament since the inaugural meeting in 2018. He looks forward to what the next...
March 2019
Laying the foundations for cosmic habitation
...in January, and the start of 2019 also saw Parliament’s second digital sitting. Here, Asgardia’s Chair of Parliament, Lembit Öpik explains how a cross-section of people and countries of the world are working together to create a functioning political...
October 2021
Space in the movies – lessons for spacefarers
... be a peaceful odyssey, for I sincerely doubt we’d do as well as Hollywood suggests in a ‘war of the worlds’. About the author Lembit Öpik was elected to British Parliament in 1977 and served for 13 years. In 2001, he was elected Leader of the Welsh...
January 2020
A year of consolidation and expansion
... of Tallinn, Estonia. Asgardia’s Chair of Parliament, Lembit Öpik, reviews the well-attended sitting and ‘declares an ...of my grandfather, I laid the original foundation stone of the Öpik Conference Centre. It’s a fine construction but it is just a...
June 2019
Asgardia’s parliament – a year of progress
... democratic debating and voting functions at locations that could include space stations as far out as the Moon. Lembit Öpik reflects on the first year of Asgardia’s parliament and government. Stairways to heaven The level of success achieved by our...
