Picard

The Swiss Bertrand Piccard was the first man to orbit the earth in a balloon (in 1999). His grandfather, Auguste Piccard, set the altitude record for a balloon, and the grandfather's son, Jacques Piccard, Bertrand's father, set the depth record for an ocean submersible. An ascending balloon and a descending submersible are plainly very similar vehicles.

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Picardy is a region (formerly a province) in northwestern France. The name first appeared around the 13th century. In The Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan's valet, Planchet, hails from there.

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Star Trek's Enterprise captain is named Jean-Luc Picard. Ironically, he is portrayed by Patrick Stewart, a Briton.
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