But did Vincent really beat genetic engineering or did he barely just lie and fake it to become what he wanted to be once he was born, an astronaut to go into space. Vincent is a god child, naturally born like his fellow friends Irene the doctor and the cleaner. Vincent was just a borrowed ladder, he manipulated his way to space to overcome the stereotype of being invalid and not genetically engineered to be perfect.
I believe that he really did beat genetic engineering to up vale himself to become what he wanted to become, but neither his parents nor his brother Anton would ever think he would go up into space. His farther knowing that once Vincent was born he didn't want him to have his name since he was an imperfect child, however the mother holding the baby says I know you will be something!'. He gained help from people for example the doctor which knew about the handiwork he was doing with Jerome to try to cheat the system but did not ever reveal him to the police which where suspecting Vincent of the death of the space director close to the launch of into space. He gained help from the cleaner which took his cup of water, which was his previous boss when he was a cleaner at Gattaca.
Constantly passing gene tests by diligently using samples