{"id":1415,"date":"2010-08-12T17:34:13","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T23:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=1415"},"modified":"2010-08-12T17:35:46","modified_gmt":"2010-08-12T23:35:46","slug":"yuri-artsutanov-and-jerome-pearson-are-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=1415","title":{"rendered":"Yuri Artsutanov and Jerome Pearson are HERE"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Today I was very privileged to help welcome Yuri Artsutanov and Jerome Pearson to Seattle.\u00a0 Everybody’s connections were on time so everyone showed up on time.<\/p>\n

Peter Swan, ISEC Director and Vice-President arrived first this morning.\u00a0 Jerome Pearson arrived shortly thereafter and they waited behind Security for Yuri to appear.\u00a0 He and Eugene Schlusser (Yuri’s translator and traveling companion) were met at their gate by Peter and Jerome and then they all came downstairs to collect their luggage.\u00a0 Michael Laine (of LiftPort fame), John Lee (of the Leeward Space Foundation) and Belinda Young (our publicist) were also part of the welcoming committee.<\/p>\n

<\/a>ISEC has hired a photographer \/ filmographer (Owen Kinding) and he was there to record all of the events.\u00a0 In addition, we had a camera man from the local NBC affiliate (King 5 TV) recording things too.\u00a0 He interviewed me and I now live in mortal fear of having said something stupid on camera.\u00a0 If you’re in the Seattle area or if they broadcast on the Internet, you might want to tune in tonight at 10:00PM local (US Pacific) and see if I made a fool of myself.\u00a0 Hopefully, most of the footage is of Yuri and Jerome.<\/p>\n

It really was a thrill to shake both Yuri’s and Jerome’s hand today.\u00a0 I have been working on making this happen for several months now and to see it all come to fruition was very satisfying.\u00a0 I think they are going to be huge hit at the conference (which kicks off tonight with a Public presentation).<\/p>\n

<\/a>We’re back at the hotel now, getting ready to go to dinner.\u00a0 After that, we’re all going to attend the Public presentation (presented by ISEC Board Member Bryan Laubscher).<\/p>\n

They’re HERE – it’s really happened!<\/p>\n

(A few pictures for you.\u00a0 The topmost is of Yuri Artsutanov, on the left, and Jerome Pearson.\u00a0 The middle picture is of our group getting filmed and interviewed by NBC news.\u00a0 And the bottom picture is a more formal group shot.\u00a0 In the front, from left to right, are Eugene Schlusser, Yuri Artsutanov and Jerome Pearson.\u00a0 In the back, from left to right, are Peter Swan, Michael Laine, John Lee and yours truly.\u00a0 As always, clicking on any of the picture thumbnails will display for you a full-size version of the picture.) <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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