thrillsbury t1_iso9wwr wrote on October 17, 2022 at 1:52 PM Reply to 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. by es_price Dude, proofread before posting. Permalink 1
thrillsbury t1_iso9wwr wrote
Reply to 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. by es_price
Dude, proofread before posting.