Would You Live In Space In A Space-Based Nation?

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As humanity moves forward and as technology advances further and further, we will begin to have discussions about stuff that we have never even imagined before and stuff that we only thought was possible in movies.

We already know that technology is making the world smaller by bringing us all closer together and several hundred years down the road, we might even begin questioning the concept of nations as we begin to venture out in space where we will have to act as one.

I had written about it about a month ago in this post. If we do not lose the concept of countries however, we will begin to see something happen, that up until now we have only seen in sci-fi movies.

What I am talking about is space-based nations. That even sounds futuristic, doesn’t it? So, what are these space nations and how can something like that even be possible?

What’s A Space Nation?

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A space nation is an independent nation that is based in space. If you are imagining a country that is not based on a planet or a geographical location within it, and exists as a fleet of spaceships wandering around Earth, you are right.

It has its own law, its own citizenship, national anthem, flag and anything you would imagine that comprises a nation. The only difference? It exists in space. Ideally such a nation would be self sufficient and would not interfere or get interfered by other nations of the Earth.

You must be thinking that it is a really crazy idea and something we can’t even dream of right now and you would be correct. But did the people in the 17th century dream of the internet and the smartphone? Most probably not. The same way, right now we cannot see how this will be possible but technology, my friend, has a habit of making the impossible, possible.

Various technologies like energy generation tech, advanced agricultural tech and all sorts of other things will have to come together for this to work but I think that this will be a possibility within a 1000 years.

In fact, the first seeds of such a space-based nation are already beginning to get sowed. No, I am not kidding. Some really bright people are coming together to kickstart what could truly be the next frontier in the human advancement.

Asgardia - The First Space-based Nation

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Before you get your hopes up, (like I did), let me tell you that, Asgardia is not already a fully functional space colony that you can join today and escape all your earthly woes, literally and figuratively.

Asgardia is an initiative by an international group of scientists, started late last year as a private space-based nation. They chose the name “Asgardia” as it means “cities in skies” in Norse mythology.

They started recruiting people last year and till now, over 190,000 people across the world have already joined. They are also providing citizenships to interested people on their websites. You can check their website here which contains their entire plan and other interesting stuff.

Right now they are going ahead with the launch of a data satellite that will store data off planet. The purpose and the nature of this data are confidential. Also, in the future, they will be launching their own currency and calendar.

In the future, Asgardia will be a true space based nation which would most probably orbit the Earth. People will live and work in space their whole lives, will even get married and have babies, and do any thing that we do here on Earth.

This is way, way into the future. You and I will be long gone, but future generations, hundreds of years from now could see it happening and the interesting part is that the process that leads to it might have already started.

Would You Live In One?

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I know this won’t happen in our lifetimes, but if it were an option, would you register to leave your country and planet, and live in space, adopting entirely new identities?

I asked myself the same question and a part of me wanted to leave at once. I am really sick and tired of all that is going on, on our planet and it would be really nice to get away from all that and start fresh in a well organised space nation. Plus it would be really, really cool.

But then on second thought, such a life would be very monotonous. Yes, for the first few days, the view outside the window would be really great but the same view would make you reminisce all the natural beauty that the Earth has to offer and it’s just not the natural state of being.

So, I don’t think that I would want to join one even if it were an option today. Maybe future generations and future society will evolve a different way of thinking where people would want to do it, in which case, I would have no objection, because you know, I would have been long dead!

Anyways, what would you do? Would you like to live in space your entire lives?

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I wouldn't mind living in Space. Yes, I'd miss our dear and beautiful planet Earth but Asgardia looks like a wonderful project and people from the future will surely be living what's science fiction nowadays. Imagine space travels, all the new explorations, space archaeology, biology, various space technologies, new planets and places that we can set our foot on. Space living is definite future, maybe in 500 to 1000 years it will be a common thing. Thank you for sharing this post, will be reading about Asgardia. I love the name too, I'm into Norse mythology. @sauravrungta

I agree with what you say here. Space is definitely the bigger play for humanity in the future. That's our nature. Curiosity. And space has a lot of things that we don't know about and hence the exploration. Thanks for the wonderful comment :)

I think it's important that we do to get further in space exploration but I personally wouldn't be up for it. At least in the first generation. It's gonna suck.

I need my space and funnily enough in space you won't have any space. Little tight up there - especially the first few generations.
Starting up a colony on a different planet such as Mars might be a different story (although much of the problems are the same but 1/3 G sounds pretty cool :D )

Yeah, that's absolutely right. The first few generations will be a lot of compromises and with all other things will improve from there on and then it would be worthwhile.

" in space you won't have any space" This cracked me up! LOL

Agreed, the planet could use a good breather. Though this is our home, we've done a great job of hurting Mother Earth for the longest. Living in space is a pretty cool idea, and I know people like Elon Musk who are actually trying to make this happen within the next decade or 2. Fingers crossed; space travel just may be the new norm ^_^ thanks for sharing!

Yeah, humanity is really looking at space and space exploration in general with renewed interest and I think it is important to do that. Human expansion to space and other planets would be a natural course of advancement and also it is important as it would ensure our survival.

Agreed. Couldn't have said it better myself!

I probably wouldn't want to live in space but I would love to go on vacation there. In fact most people might even get to see this happen in their lifetime due to life extension technologies. I actually wrote about it here:
https://steemit.com/sciencefiction/@digitalcosmos555/futurtopia-2-living-forever

Yes, space tourism will start happening within our lifetimes and we could be lucky enough to experience it.

The highly-acclaimed series Battlestar Galactica gives you a great look at how this might work out (under an admittedly catastrophic, sci-fi premise). You even get a thorough look at political structure, mob mentality, elections and governance.

I highly recommend it (The modern one!).

I don't think I want to live it myself, at least, not as an early-adopter!

Nice! I will surely check it out then :)

Definitely would. I actually already signed up as a citizen for Asgardia lol. Got my citizen ID number last week. For me, I believe that the future is only as far off as we're willing to work. There may be a chance for us to travel to space commercially in the near future, especially with the trajectory of technology and the combined work ethic of genius people every where. It's something I'm looking forward to, definitely.

Saya pikir hal-hal bisa terjadi, teknologi tidak siap untuk melangkah lebih jauh dalam mewujudkannya, tapi saya sangat yakin bahwa bibit teknologi masa depan telah ditaburkan dan mulai tumbuh seperti yang mereka katakan ... Saya berani mengatakan bahkan 500 berikutnya Tahun Bisa saja, lebih rendah dari patokan @Sauravrungta, haha ​​,, tentang akankah kita ambil bagian dalam kehidupan di luar angkasa? Kita bisa mendaftar untuk mengingat situasi di bumi yang begitu kacau, mungkin mencari hal baru adalah pilihan terbaik kita. Terima kasih telah berbagi.

Green space women

haha, the one in guardians of the galaxy is pretty hot!

The question is great, and the thoughts this provokes is intriguing.

Personally, I wouldn't want to live in space my whole life on some platform or floating ship.

If I was able to pilot vessels and travel between planets then that would be a different story but in today's day and age that kind of technology isn't publically available.

~ @Timbo

Yeah, it would really be boring to always be floating around in the same spaceship, wouldn't it? We would need to colonise many planets before we even consider doing that. Only then can we spend our time visiting all these places and having a cool time! :D

Could you imagine zooming around in spaceships from planet to planet. We would have to make ships that were EXTREMELY STABLE, FAST, and of course fireproof haha.

Hey, maybe we could make a space project here on steemit. Call it "STEEM in SPACE" haha.

One day raise billions to start work on it and then draw attention from high level investors and receive trillions to catapult our already succeeding project into steemline production. (Pun intended)

I can already visualise it happening :D The future is just gonna be crazy, isn't it? :D

I believe so