Abstract:

The attempt to create an "orbital nation" will be useful to all mankind. It will allow assessing and working out many legal aspects of space exploration and exploitation of its resources, issues that humanity will inevitably face in the future. "We must leave the Earth, because it is in the nature of mankind," says one of the key experts of Asgardia, Ram Jakhu, head of the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University

Keywords: The article "Citizens of Free Space" was published in the journal "Popular Mechanics"