Quotes by Claude Nicollier - Page 1

The future infrared space telescope will cover that area in a much more efficient manner.
Claude Nicollier / Astronaut
Space
Efficient
Infrared
Telescopes
Cover
Manner
Telescope
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My name was on the list very early after these announcements were made through the newspapers in Europe.
Claude Nicollier / Astronaut
Europe
Lists
Names
Newspapers
Announcement
List
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Then, much later, my next dream was to become an astronaut, and I was fortunate to realize that dream, also.
Claude Nicollier / Astronaut
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Astronaut
Fortunate
Next
Realizing
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Hubble is very close to my heart, and going back to Hubble, because I was there once already in 1993, is really a great privilege for me.
Claude Nicollier / Astronaut
Heart
Hubble
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Great Heart Me
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I feel very privileged to be part of this mission, and when my nomination was announced, I was really very, very happy to be selected for this mission.
Claude Nicollier / Astronaut
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Privileged
Selected
Feel
Very
Announced
Part
Mission
Nomination
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As far as the radio waves part of the spectrum, we can do these adequately from the ground because the atmosphere is basically transparent to our radio waves.
Claude Nicollier / Astronaut
Atmosphere
Radio
Radio Waves
Spectrum
Transparent
Adequately
Ground
Waves
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My first dream as a child was to become a pilot. My second dream was to become an astronomer, and I pursued in parallel efforts and studies in these two areas.
Claude Nicollier / Astronaut
Dream
Children
Pursued
Two
Area
Astronomer
Efforts
Parallel
Pilot
Studies
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We developed already, before the first servicing mission, this has been further developed on the second servicing mission and we refined it this time, all the terminology.
Claude Nicollier / Astronaut
Refined
Terminology
Developed
Further
Mission
Servicing
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I think a benefit is that we try to put it up in a short time. From the decision to do this mission until we fly, it's six months and one week or so, so it's a very short time.
Claude Nicollier / Astronaut
Decision
Short Time
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Mission
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The Next Generation Space Telescope, which will be located much further away from the Earth than the Hubble Space Telescope presently is, will also explore the infrared part of the spectrum.
Claude Nicollier / Astronaut
Space
Earth
Generations
Hubble
Infrared
Next Generation
Spectrum
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Further
Located
Telescope
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I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland; he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.
Claude Nicollier / Astronaut
Dad
Active
Switzerland
Years
Civil
Engineer
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The objects that are of moderate energy, like our sun or most of the stars that we see in the night sky with the naked eye, are objects in which relatively moderate energy processes are taking place.
Claude Nicollier / Astronaut
Eye
Naked
Night
Objects
Sky
Stars
Sun
Sky Stars Night
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Naked Eye
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On one hand, to be able to go from one direction in the sky to study such an object to another direction to study another object, and on the other hand to be able to maintain accurately the position in space.
Claude Nicollier / Astronaut
Sky
Study
Accurately
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Object
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You can see these boxes which are covered with metal foils for thermal reasons, and they are also, most of the time, thermally controlled inside to keep reasonable temperature inside each of these containers.
Claude Nicollier / Astronaut
Boxes
Covered
Reasonable
Temperature
Thermal
Metal
Reasons
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In general, the objects in the universe that are very high-energy objects, or the processes that are high-energy processes, will radiate more in the short wavelength range towards the gamma rays or the x-rays.
Claude Nicollier / Astronaut
Energy
Objects
Range
Rays
Universe
Wavelength
General
Gamma
Towards
Processes
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We have the Fine Guidance Sensors, one of which we will exchange out of three. Another one we changed on the last servicing mission, and on the fourth servicing mission in 2003 or 2004, the third one will be exchanged.
Claude Nicollier / Astronaut
Fourth
Guidance
Sensors
Exchange
Mission
Servicing
Third
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It is going to be an experiment of how it works, and I see I have all reasons to believe that it will work fine. But it's a short time. And we also have pushed the envelope here a little beyond what has been done in the past.
Claude Nicollier / Astronaut
Short Time
Time Work Believe
Envelope
Experiment
Work Time Believe
In The Past
Reasons
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