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Yuri N. Artzutanov, visionary and engineer, discuses the future of space travel
with Sergey Beliaev.
Yuri is known for being the principle pioneer of the idea of
the Space Elevator.
In 1960 he wrote an article "V Kosmos na Electrovoze (English:
Into Space with the Help of an Electric Locomotive)", where he discussed the concept
of the space elevator as an economical, safe and convenient way to access orbit and
facilitate space exploration.
Erin Bishop meets with Albert Charkin, Rector of the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, Russia
On October 11, 2007, Yuri Artzutanov writes an email to Sir Arthur C. Clarke; Erin Bishop and Dr. Vladimir Onoochin assist.
Sir Arthur C. Clarke credited Yuri Artzutanov with the concept of the Space Elevator, which Clarke later popularized in his novel “The Fountains of Paradise”. Artzutanov developed the idea from the works of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, who in 1895 proposed an idea of building an 'orbital tower'.
Artzutanov suggested using a geosynchronous satellite as the base from which to construct the tower. By using a counterweight, a cable would be lowered from geosynchronous orbit to the surface of Earth while the counterweight was extended from the satellite away from Earth, keeping the center of mass of the cable motionless relative to Earth.
Robert Bishop on an early trip to the Soviet Union.
Boris Grebenshikov being interviewed by ITAR-
Robert Bishop on the canal in St. Petersburg, Russia.
There is no science without fancy and no art without facts.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
Visionary Physicist Dr. Vladimir Onoochin works on the now-
Novamir arranges historic meeting between Dr. Alexander A. Potapov, Russia’s leading fractal physicist, and Benoît Mandelbrot, the father of fractal geometry.