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Ballooning for sustainability: Bertrand Piccard and his vision | 11 comments (11 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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My question is why did his descendant, Jean-Luc, drop one of the 'c's in Piccard?  Obviously the 24th century captain of the Enterprise has to be the same family.

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by Captain Future (captainfuture is at sbcglobal dot net) on Wed Nov 21st, 2007 at 03:22:30 AM EST

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