Oolite Bulletins

About the least specific space proposal I've ever seen, but the illo on this page does seem curiously familiar...

http://asgardia.space/concept

Unfortunately we appear to be in high concept tax haven territory - "we'll build a space colony and none of its citizens will pay taxes on Earth" rather than anything likely to be built. See e.g. Sealand for a more Earthbound example of the species.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand

Does the founder live in a hollowed-out volcano?

It seems a lot of effort to go to … most billionaires seem to manage not to pay any taxes without having to found their own floating states first.

Cody wrote:

Does the founder live in a hollowed-out volcano?

Isn't that Musk? Trump? Alan Sugar?

Much like any other proof of concept the door has been left waaaay open for the possibilities of profiteering.