Philippe Perrin Quotes

And everything stopped quite rapidly because I knew that nobody in Europe was able to go to space. It was the privilege of being either American or Russian. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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And, I think, as a kid, I had a strong motivation to do something of my life. And, I think thats the strongest motivation I really got. And, that came obviously from my parents and my grandparents. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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And, you run also video because to fly this arm, youre relying mostly on some external camera views that may be coming from the arm itself or from the station. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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Especially when I first really started to work with Kenneth and Franklin, who had been in space already. And so, they were able to talk about space and tell me a few things about how things would really happen. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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I had been here five years already, training very hard, learning about the systems, the shuttle, the station systems. But, everything really became real when I started to work with them. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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I think doing something of your life is something that youve got deep inside, whether its to, whether you want to be an astronaut or a, whether you want to do science, or whether you want to be a movie star, or whatever. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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I think that witnessing ecological problems visible from space is one of the new and essential roles of astronauts. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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Ive been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the No-Fly Zone. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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Its only when youre flying above it that you realize how incredible the Earth really is. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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Its, I mean, for me, its the same as training with my crewmembers. We share the same first part of the flight. We all go together. Its the most critical part of the flight, the ascent. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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Polytechnique is a school whose multidisciplinary, very high scientific level curriculum is invaluable. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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Shortly afterwards, I did a third one to repair the robotic arm of the station. This arm plays a very important role in the ongoing expansion of the station as well as in the deployment of solar panels. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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Since there always has to be a certain number of astronauts manning the station at all times, one of the main aspects of the mission was to transport a new team to the station and bring back some members of the previous team back to Earth. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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So its, I think its quite, quite unique to fly with somebody with so much experience. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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So, I thought it was very interesting, very challenging, and I personally like being challenged. So, I overall, I was more excited than anything else. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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So, everything really came back to my mind in the early Eighties when the first French astronaut flew. And then, I restarted to think about it. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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So, for me, I make no difference whether Im training with my shuttle crew or the Expedition crew. Of course, I think I want to take more care of the Expedition crew, because theyre going to stay there for a long time. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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So, it takes a lot of chance and luck. I mean I was lucky enough to get in the program where people with the same skills never made it to the program. So keep trying. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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The last thing, and the only one that you cannot physically train for, is the psychological preparation. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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The student develops an analytical as well as finely blended character. He is able to choose from a wide variety of job fields from which to embrace a career, without having to be a specialist in one particular discipline. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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There are two types of training: swimming pool and virtual reality. Each one has its limits, but they complement each other well. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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This mission was the project of a decades work. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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We also had to bring with us some desired scientific equipment over to the station as well as assemble new machines. For that, I had to conduct two space walks. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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Yes, I see the Mobile Base System really is the shoulder of the arm. The arm is right there, like a human arm. Its really funny to look at the similarities between a human arm and the Canadian robotics arm. - Philippe Perrin Quotes

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