Jean-François Clervoy made a career in technology at a time when the terms of that career were still being set.
The record lists Jean-François Clervoy as French astronaut.
Jean-François Clervoy was born at Longeville-lès-Metz in 1958. His recorded nationality is France. He was educated at Prytanée National Militaire and École polytechnique.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
Jean-François Clervoy is described as military flight engineer, astronaut and engineer.
The engineer's achievement usually disappears into infrastructure, which is the point.
Formal recognition came in the shape of the Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the National Order of Merit and Commander of the Legion of Honour (2023).
Working from France shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Jean-François Clervoy is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.
Achievements
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Knight of the National Order of Merit
- Commander of the Legion of Honour — 2023
- Educated at Prytanée National Militaire, École polytechnique and Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace
- Worked as military flight engineer, astronaut and engineer
