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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 for me.
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 the infrared part of the spectrum.
Then, much later, my next dream was to become an astronaut, and I was fortunate to realize that dream, also.
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 My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland; he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.
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.
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 for this mission.
My name was on the list very early after these announcements were made through the newspapers in Europe.
