#he

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 to keep reasonable temperature inside each of these containers. ↗

— Claude Nicollier

#boxes #containers #controlled #covered #each

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 our radio waves. ↗

— Claude Nicollier

#as far as #atmosphere #basically #because #far

The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill. ↗

— Harold Nicolson

#everyone #ill #irish #their #them

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 for me. ↗

— Claude Nicollier

#back #because #close #going #great

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 My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland; he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person. ↗

— Claude Nicollier

#civil #dad #engineer #got #help

A moment of silence is not inherently religious. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#moment #religious #silence

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 object, and on the other hand to be able to maintain accurately the position in space. ↗

— Claude Nicollier

#accurately #another #direction #go #hand

Then, much later, my next dream was to become an astronaut, and I was fortunate to realize that dream, also. ↗

— Claude Nicollier

#astronaut #become #dream #fortunate #i

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 on the fourth servicing mission in 2003 or 2004, the third one will be exchanged. ↗

— Claude Nicollier

#changed #exchange #exchanged #fine #fourth

Less than the dust beneath thy chariot wheel, less than the weed that grows beside thy door. ↗

— Adela Florence Nicolson

#beside #chariot #door #dust #grows