37 Quotes by Philippe Perrin

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Polytechnique is a school whose multi disciplinary, very high scientific level curriculum is invaluable.

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

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