Philippe Perrin

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

#american #because #being #either #europe

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. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

#got #grandparents #had #i #i think

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

#arm #because #camera #coming #external

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

#already #became #been #everything #five

I think that witnessing ecological problems visible from space is one of the new and essential roles of astronauts. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

#ecological #essential #i #i think #new

I've been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the No-Fly Zone. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

#gulf #gulf war #i #involved #no-fly

It's only when you're flying above it that you realize how incredible the Earth really is. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

#earth #flying #how #incredible #only

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. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

#critical #first #flight #go #i

Polytechnique is a school whose multidisciplinary, very high scientific level curriculum is invaluable. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

#high #invaluable #level #school #scientific

So it's, I think it's quite, quite unique to fly with somebody with so much experience. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

#fly #i #i think #much #quite