My life and the life of my family has to do with exploration, with adventure. My grandfather was … - Bertrand Piccard

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In 1979, when I was 39, I had such a bad year, I thought it was all over. Thankfully it wasn't.

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My life and the life of my family has to do with exploration, with adventure. My grandfather was the first man in the stratosphere, and my father was the first to touch the deepest point in the ocean. . . For me, adventure and exploration is something in the blood.

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In the 21st century, I think the heroes will be the people who will improve the quality of life, fight poverty and introduce more sustainability.

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The pioneering spirit is less about thinking up new ideas, as ridding ourselves of dogmas and habits that hold us captive in thinking.

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If an aircraft is able to fly day and night without fuel, propelled only by solar energy, let no one claim that it is impossible to do the same thing for motor vehicles, heating and air-conditioning systems, and computers. This project voices our conviction that a pioneering spirit with political vision can together change society and bring about an end to fossil fuel dependency.

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Adventure is something out of the usual pattern, a point at which you cannot avoid confronting the unknown, so that you have to dig inside yourself to find the courage and resources to deal with what may lie ahead, and to succeed.

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Pioneering spirit should continue, not to conquer the planet or space. . . but rather to improve the quality of life.

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