October 2017
The sci-fi noir world of Blade Runner
... rationales for trans-humanism. What if our creation is superior to us in every way and we, in turn, become obsolete? Besides philosophy, popular culture is once again there to help us think. Blade Runner is an example of such effort in the form...
January 2018
Space nation's first orbiting satellite
... as a unified humanity not limited or restricted by borders, religion, wealth or language - a notion that is exemplified by the philosophy of Asgardia. Asgardia-1 is the only satellite in the world which represents a new territory, even though it may...
April 2018
Developing Mars
... in iron meteorites: thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand (Doctoral dissertation...
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...
