TIL that Swiss Balloonist, Auguste Piccard, was the inspiration for both Professor Calculus, in the Tintin comics, and that Gene Roddenberry named Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek after him. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by es_price t3_y5surn on October 16, 2022 at 9:45 PM in todayilearned 29 comments 503
lostonpolk t1_islleq9 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 10:03 PM Did Auguste allow an unqualified, obnoxious teenager to steer his balloon? Permalink 54 Mathblasta t1_islsry5 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 10:58 PM Shut up, Wesley! Permalink Parent 34
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