Photo Gallery of Space Elevator Pioneers

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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935)

Tsiolkovsky 1910

Tsiolkovsky 1920

Tsiolkovsky 1924

Tsiolkovsky in his study 1932

His house from 1904-1932

With design of all-metal airship, 1933

In his work room 1934

Tsiolkovsky 1934

Yuri Artsutanov (1929-2019)

Yuri Artsutanof at ISEC 2010

Yuri with Arthur C. Clarke, 1982

Yuri with Freeman Dyson, 2010

Yuri with Jerome Pearson, 2010

Yuri at ISEC 2010

Yuri with Roger Gilbertson, 2010

Yuri giving award to Gaylen Hinton

Yuri met at airport, 2010

Jerome Pearson (1938-2021)

Jerome Pearson

Pearson and Arthur C. Clarke, 1988

Pearson and Yuri Artsutanov, 2006

Pearson and Pete Swan, IAC 2019

Pearson keynote at ISEC 2013

Pearson, Artsutanov, Schlusser, 2010

Pearson at IAC 2019

Pearson at ISDC 2019