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OLIVIER DE WECK: My
name is Olivier de Weck.

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And I'm a professor here at MIT
in the AeroAstro Department,

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also known as the Department of
Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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And I've been in the
department since 2001.

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And my passion is
aerospace vehicle,

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anything that flies,
airplanes, rockets, satellites.

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And it's been my passion
since I was a kid.

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So I grew up in
Switzerland in the Alps.

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And the Alps, especially
in the wintertime

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when it's a clear
night, are amazing.

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You look up at the night sky.

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And you can see the stars.

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You can see the Milky Way.

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And as a kid, it
really inspired me.

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I wanted to do
something with stars.

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Initially, I thought I was
going to be an astronomer.

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But then, I really
liked building things.

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And so aviation,
rockets, spacecraft

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really became my passion.

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Later, I did my
military service.

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And I worked on planes, flight
operations, maintenance,

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repair, really learning
planes in and out,

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the engines, the hydraulic
system, the avionics,

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working with others
and pilots to keep

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airplanes flying safely.

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And that really was the
origin of my passion

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for systems engineering.