{"id":1052,"date":"2008-07-19T02:27:56","date_gmt":"2008-07-19T07:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=1052"},"modified":"2008-07-19T18:49:35","modified_gmt":"2008-07-19T23:49:35","slug":"2008sec-day-1-the-japanese-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=1052","title":{"rendered":"2008SEC – Day 1 – The Japanese presence…"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have a large Japanese\u00a0presence at the conference this year, and they have made a tremendous contribution to the proceedings.\u00a0 In addition, to making several presentations (and some very exciting announcements), they have brought an exhibit, a DVD we all watched during the “Mixer” hour this evening and probably a few other things I’m forgetting to mention.\u00a0 They even brought some gifts for yours truly, some Pocky for my kids and a copy of the Edwards-Westing book translated into Japanese (a book I blogged<\/a> about earlier).\u00a0 I’ll cover the individual Japanese presentations later, but wanted to put up some pictures and notes about them now.<\/p>\n

The Japan Space Elevator Association (JSEA)<\/a> was created last year.\u00a0 According to Akira Tsuchida, one of the directors of JSEA (and the team leader of the Earth-Track-Controllers (E-T-C), an entrant in last year’s (and hopefully) this year’s Space Elevator Games), JSEA now has over 40 members and is growing.\u00a0 It has been created to\u00a0promote the idea of developing a Space Elevator and to educate the Japanese public about the advantages it can bring.\u00a0 In many ways, the Japanese public is much more educated about and receptive to the idea of a Space Elevator than we Americans are.\u00a0 It has been part of their literature \/ fiction for many years.<\/p>\n

<\/a>The first JSEA Conference is scheduled for November 15-16 this year (an event I will make every effort to attend).\u00a0 We’ve been invited to stay at the “Tube Hotel” and to take a guided tour of Akihabara (the electronic bazaar in Tokyo, a place I’ve already visited) as part of the conference.\u00a0 We might even get the chance to hear Akira demonstrate his Karaoke skills \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

<\/a>JSEA also plans on creating the first annual JSEA Space Elevator games in 2009 and is working on hosting an International Space Elevator Conference in the Sultanate of Brunei, also in 2009.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Here\u00a0are a couple of pictures of a Space Elevator and climber and station, built entirely out of Legos.\u00a0 My own house is full of Legos – before my son grew out of them, he put together\u00a0Lego kits of various Harry Potter characters and locales, Star Wars characters <\/a>(including a big Yoda) and who knows what else.\u00a0 But this Space Elevator representation is something special…<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Finally, here are some of the books that the Japanese contingent brought, books that contain a Space Elevator and\/or Space Elevator theme in them.<\/p>\n

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Yes, the Japanese contingent has made its presence felt.\u00a0 How much this will contribute to the building of a real Space Elevator only time will tell.\u00a0 But they seem sincere and dedicated (and even have come up with some (Japanese) government funding, so they must be taken seriously.\u00a0 I, for one, am glad to have them on board, and I’m sure that everyone else here at the conference feels the same way…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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