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lostonpolk t1_islleq9 wrote

Did Auguste allow an unqualified, obnoxious teenager to steer his balloon?

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bolanrox t1_islnyzt wrote

Not named after. He is a direct descendant of the Picards

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ramriot t1_islufmh wrote

Plus not only did Auguste go to the stratosphere in a pressurised gondola, crash on a glacier & have to survive a night up there until rescued.

But he also designed the bathyscaphe Trieste to explore the deepest parts of the ocean & his grand-nephew took it with us navy personnel to the bottom of challenger deep.

Plus one grandson of the family was with another pilot the 1st people to successfully circumnavigate the globe in a balloon.

You have to admit that any family that can boast the highest, deepest & farthest unpowered exploration is a family worth being a descendant of.

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Darmok47 t1_ismq8rn wrote

Kind of funny that the branch Jean-Luc Picard came from were Luddites who didn't believe in using 24th century technology like replicators (or, tragically, fire supression systems).

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Rosthouse t1_isnj7hl wrote

Bertrand Picard was the first to cirumnavigate the globe in a ballon (together with Brian Jones). In 2016 he finished the circumnavigation again in a solar powered plane.

His father, Jacques Picard (Son of August Picard) was actually the one diving to the challenger deep. There's a funny story that he used a swiss flag as his seat cushion, to later be able to claim that the swiss flag went deeper than the american flag.

Afterwards Jacques desigend the Mésoscaphe Auguste Piccard, which was the first submersible for tourists and was used at the National Exhibition 1964 in Lausanne.

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gidneyandcloyd t1_istozx6 wrote

The family name is Piccard, not Picard. Nice article about them in the October 10, 2022 The New Yorker.

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Spiderbanana t1_ism6vlv wrote

You forgot the part where same grandson circumnavigated the globe in a solar aircraft (well, technically be didn't since he didn't flew all the stages, but the airplane did)

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blakerabbit t1_islsrt0 wrote

He does look like Calculus / On dirait bien Tournesol

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DistortoiseLP t1_islq7kq wrote

That said he originally wanted Stephen Macht for Picard and Patrick Stewart to play Data. Imagine if we got that version of TNG.

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malary1234 t1_ismr4ro wrote

And I name my kid after the captain! I hated math my whole life until I took a calculus elective in college bc I needed something to round out my semester hours. 💕 calculus the only math you can use in real life on regular basis.

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es_price OP t1_isms2cl wrote

Haddock?

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creggieb t1_ismtxu9 wrote

Sadly no, they went with Barnacle

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malary1234 t1_isp4r5r wrote

No we named him after Patrick Stewart who played JL Picard. We chose the actor bc of humanitarian activities and contributions to human race. My kiddo has a very long name as he was named after several good eggs. :) so he’s got a lot of nickname options for when he grows up.

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creggieb t1_isqm4xs wrote

Indeed. Patrick sure has brought a lot of value to us both on and off screen.

Billions of blue blistering barnacles is a catch phrase for captain haddock, so I couldn't resist when the other redditor suggested you'd chosen captain haddock, over captain Picard

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malary1234 t1_isrl4ui wrote

Nice. I am not without humor sorry my reply was so dry!

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Potential_sentience t1_isncnwk wrote

mille millions de mille sabords! i cant believe they changed his name to that Oo !

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thrillsbury t1_iso9wwr wrote

Dude, proofread before posting.

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whiffitgood t1_isrktvg wrote

drat the luck

it appears I am becoming trapped in the balloon

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LordHayati t1_itan3eh wrote

Also has the most cursed chat face in old school runescape.

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