Philippe Perrin
Philippe Perrin
Philippe Perrinis a French test pilot and former CNES and European Space Agency astronaut...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionAstronaut
Date of Birth6 January 1963
CountryFrance
stars thinking want
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
thinking space roles
I think that witnessing ecological problems visible from space is one of the new and essential roles of astronauts
strong motivation kids
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
flying earth realizing
It's only when you're flying above it that you realize how incredible the Earth really is
preparation lasts psychological
The last thing, and the only one that you cannot physically train for, is the psychological preparation
mean skills people
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.
running views games
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.
space europe privilege
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.
two space machines
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.
school levels curriculum
Polytechnique is a school whose multi disciplinary, very high scientific level curriculum is invaluable.
thinking differences long
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.