The Asgardia website is pretty vague about its goals. They almost sound like the stereotype of mad scientists who want to skirt ethical regulations around rese

The Asgardia website is pretty vague about its goals. They almost sound like the stereotype of mad scientists who want to skirt ethical regulations around research and experimentation: http://asgardia.space/concept http://asgardia.space/concept Economical and political considerations often take precedence over purely scientific ones and ethical boundaries are considered necessary to sustain safety. ... Asgardia will demonstrate to scientists throughout the world that independent, private and unrestricted research is possible. ... Asgardia [...] will offer an independent platform free from the constraint of a land-based country’s laws. I'm not sure how helpful their satellite will be to this end, if they can't put scientists on it to perform their research. They'll still be bound by the laws of whichever country they reside within.