Plenty of people threw in their names for the world’s first space nation, Asgardia, just for the heck of it, but the possibility has suddenly become more real after the announcement in Hong Kong that it would launch its first satellite full of donated data in the fall of 2017.
As reported at IFLScience:
“Asgardia-1 will contain data stored for free for up to 1.5 million Asgardians on board the satellite,” Dr Igor Ashurbeyli, who is leading the project, said in a statement.
“These are historic days, and your names and data will forever stay in the memory of the new space humanity, as they will be reinstalled on every new Asgardia satellite we launch.”
The data is supposedly being scanned so the first nation doesn’t end up being a bunch of porn or an island of criminality orbiting the planet.
Here’s a look at the press conference in case you’re looking for an opportunity to really escape it all.
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