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And everything stopped quite rapidly because I knew that nobody in Europe was able to go to space. It was the privilege of being either American or Russian.

Philippe Perrin

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Philippe Perrin
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 6
Aircraft Pilot
Astronaut
Fighter Pilot
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Europe
Everything
Nobody
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Either
Quite
Rapidly
Space
Russian
Stopped
American
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