Quotes by Philippe Perrin - Page 1

This mission was the project of a decade's work.
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Mission
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I've been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the No-Fly Zone
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War
Involved
Pilots
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I've been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the No-Fly Zone.
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Gulf War
Zone
Gulf
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So it's, I think it's quite, quite unique to fly with somebody with so much experience.
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Unique
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It's only when you're flying above it that you realize how incredible the Earth really is
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Earth
Flying
Realizing
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It's only when you're flying above it that you realize how incredible the Earth really is.
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Earth
Flying
Above
Only
How
Incredible
Realize
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Polytechnique is a school whose multidisciplinary, very high scientific level curriculum is invaluable.
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Curriculum
Invaluable
High
Scientific
Whose
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The last thing, and the only one that you cannot physically train for, is the psychological preparation
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Lasts
Preparation
Psychological
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The last thing, and the only one that you cannot physically train for, is the psychological preparation.
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Preparation
Psychological
Physically
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Polytechnique is a school whose multi disciplinary, very high scientific level curriculum is invaluable.
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Levels
School
Technique
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I think that witnessing ecological problems visible from space is one of the new and essential roles of astronauts
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Space
Essentials
Thinking
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I think that witnessing ecological problems visible from space is one of the new and essential roles of astronauts.
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Ecological
Visible
Astronauts
Essential
Witnessing
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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.
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Space
Able
Europe
Rapidly
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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.
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Space
Equipment
Machines
Two
Walks
Assemble
Desired
Scientific
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And, you run also video because to fly this arm, you're relying mostly on some external camera views that may be coming from the arm itself or from the station.
Philippe Perrin / Pilot
Running
Games
Video
Views
Arm
External
Camera
Mostly
Relying
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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.
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Luck
Mean
People
Program
Skills
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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.
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Shuttle
Systems
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It's, I mean, for me, it's the same as training with my crewmembers. We share the same first part of the flight. We all go together. It's the most critical part of the flight, the ascent.
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Ascent
Critical
Flight
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And, I think, as a kid, I had a strong motivation to do something of my life. And, I think that's the strongest motivation I really got. And, that came obviously from my parents and my grandparents
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Kids
Motivational
Strong
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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.
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Deployment
Expansion
Ongoing
Solar Panels
Afterwards
Arm
Important Role
Plays
Repair
Robotic
Solar
Third
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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. It's really funny to look at the similarities between a human arm and the Canadian robotics arm.
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Robotics
Arm
Base
Shoulder
Similarities
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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.
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Work Space Me
Few Things
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So, for me, I make no difference whether I'm training with my shuttle crew or the Expedition crew. Of course, I think I want to take more care of the Expedition crew, because they're going to stay there for a long time.
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Travel
Crew
Differences
Thinking
Time Me Long
Time Long Me
Expedition
No Difference
Shuttle
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I think doing something of your life is something that you've got deep inside, whether it's 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
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Stars
Thinking
Want
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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 / Pilot
Jobs
Careers
Character
Discipline
Embrace
Fields
Variety
Wide
Analytical
Blended
Develops
Student
Finely
Specialist
Wide Variety
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I think doing something of your life is something that you've got deep inside, whether it's 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.
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Astronaut
Deep Inside
Movie Star
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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.
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Members
Transport
Aspects
Astronauts
Mission
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