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Across America 2013: Event week in Moffett Airfield

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Channel: SOLAR IMPULSE · 2013 · Entertainment

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It's been an enriching and exciting week here at Moffett Airfield and we are still getting over the adrenaline rush. The Team was simply amazed by the level of enthusiasm and positive remarks from people of all backgrounds and ages. 

There were school and university visits, Partner events as well as public figures such as Congressman M. Honda, Google's CEO Larry Page, National Co-Chair for Technology for President Obama (T4O), Shelly Kapoor Collins, the Consul General of Switzerland in San Francisco, Julius Anderegg and Google's CMO Lorraine Twohill. We also had a chance to take part in an inspiring discussion at the Google Tech Talks and organized a live video conference between Stanford University and Columbia University where the pilots answered students' questions -- connecting west and east coast academia by means of a solar airplane.

We especially enjoyed the Open House the Solar Impulse team worked so hard at organizing. One thousand people came through Hangar 2 to admire HB-SIA and assist to surprise speeches given by our pilots André and Bertrand. Many people were well read on the subject and had incredibly poignant questions, reminding me how truly inspiring the project is.

But most of all, what we really take away from this entire hubbub, is the distinct sparkle we see in people's eyes when they first come face-to-face with Solar Impulse, no matter what generation: we see the sparkle of a clean generation.

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