Asgardia, Proposed Space-Based Nation Accepting Citizenship Applications

PARIS ─  A proposed space nation called Asgardia is now accepting applications for future citizens. The leaders aim to launch Asgardia's first satellite in 2017 and say they would like to eventually have a space station where some, but not all, of its planned 150 million (mostly Earth-dwelling) nationals would live and work. Asgardia, named after the Norse gods' home of Asgard, will be a democracy with an emphasis on the freedom of the individual to develop space technologies, accordi