Claude Nicollier Quotes
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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…
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My name was on the list very early after these announcements were made through the newspapers in Europe.
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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…
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The future infrared space telescope will cover that area in a much more efficient manner.
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Then, much later, my next dream was to become an astronaut, and I was fortunate to realize that dream, also.
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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