With our brains and our smarts and our altruistic capability, we can do a lot of good.
— Julie Payette
We should continue all the time to look out for those who have less, to stand for those who can't, to reach out across differences, to use our land intelligently, to open our borders and welcome those who seek harbour, and never, ever cease to be curious, ask questions, and to explore and search.
I'm a true believer in the strength of teamwork, in the power of dreams.
My son, Laurier, and I love being outdoors. We like to ski and to skate, to play in the snow, and simply to walk and enjoy the winter scenery.
Maple butter spread on a tortilla is absolutely delightful.
If you want more kids to become engineers in space, travellers, and pilots, then you have to expose them to those types of careers.
Will we have a colony on Mars? I think so.
It reassures me that when we get together as a community, when we put our effort together and our will to help others, we can achieve anything, and that is a lesson for us all.
All my voice training comes from choir and small ensemble singing.
I am very fortunate - I grew up with music.
I really feel like, on my first mission, the first mission is when you prove yourself and hopefully deserve the privilege to continue as an astronaut and remain in the corps and get granted an opportunity for a second mission.
What's really important is to recognize when people do great things or when people pursue an initiative or show enormous generosity or heart or bravery.
As a 12th-generation Canadian, I'm exactly just that, a Canadian, and I am here to serve all Canadians of all backgrounds, of all walks of life, either new or not so new.
I'd love to serve on the Enterprise.
I always call myself a space construction worker.
I was a flight engineer on my second flight, which is the most senior position a non-American can have aboard the shuttle. We're the cockpit crew. We fly the vehicle up to space, dock the vehicle to the space station, undock it at the end of the mission, and return it to the ground.
I welcome comments. I think criticism can be very constructive and can help further. I mean, there's no perfect perfection anywhere. There's no perfect picture.
We're all on-board the same planetary spaceship, but together, we can move mountains.
Trust science, believe that innovation and discoveries are good for us, and make decisions based on data and evidence.
Let's work together to keep our country open, tolerant, respectful, and progressive.
My favourite thing about the holiday season is to spend time with family and friends and to take time off to celebrate.
I am definitely a little more nervous for my colleagues when I'm working at mission control than I am myself on the shuttle.
Young kids get motivated by everything. If they see a great dancer, some of them would want to become a dancer. If they see a great soccer player, they want to become a soccer player.
Part of the role that I am fulfilling as Governor General is to highlight what communities can do together.
Anyone can accomplish anything and rise to the challenge as long as they are willing to work with others, to let go of the personal agenda, to reach a higher goal, and to do what is right for the common good.
I am classically trained in piano, flute, and voice.
Science is fun, and it's fundamental.
We have fans that circulate air in the cabin of the module of the space shuttle. They're running all the time. They're absolutely necessary because, otherwise, you will breathe your own CO2 and intoxicate yourself quite fast.
It is one planet and we all have a duty to protect it. We have to work together. We have to use our power to work together and make decisions and changes that are needed to preserve our world.
It is clear that I am a person who believes fundamentally in facts, evidence, data, and science, which supports decision-making and allows us to function as a society based on knowledge.
If you're in space on the way to Mars, and a conflict develops... you can't turn around and go back, because Earth is already gone on its orbit.
When I saw the Earth from above, personally, as a spacecraft operator, it certainly reinforced and drove home the fact that there's one place where we can live right now.
I'm an optimist.
I don't pretend to be perfect.
It's been a great honour and privilege to serve Canadians.
I am convinced that anyone can accomplish anything.
Whatever your interests or abilities, I encourage you stay active during the holiday season.
A lot of people, I think, would love to see the earth from above, wear a spacesuit. Certainly, when I was a kid, I wanted to wear a spacesuit.
The weather of the U.A.E. is phenomenal: very nice and clear.
You can learn at any age, but when you are young, you are like a sponge, and when you are introduced to more different types of things before the age of seven and eight, then you get fascinated by that.
We have always a roll to play in any community, and we have to do it - it's being part of a society.
I'm a true believer in the strength of teamwork, in the power of dreams, and in the absolute necessity of a support structure.
There was a substantial vinyl collection in my home, and my mom played piano. We, the children, were enrolled in piano lessons very early on.
In a modern and innovative society, where advancements are plentiful and communication is instantaneous, science and technology are a part of everyday life.
On my first mission, I was the spacewalk supervisor: the person that runs the spacewalk from inside the vehicle. As such, I was the one that closed the hatch when my colleagues left to work outside for six hours. And I was also the person who opens the hatch when they come back, and we repressurize.
Our values are tolerance and determination and freedom of religion, freedom to act, opportunities, equality of opportunities amongst everyone and for all.
We sleep very well in space. We have a sleeping bag each, and when you get into it, you float in the sleeping bag.
Human interaction is not a simple thing.
Most astronauts are very down-to-earth people. Many of us, three-quarters, have an engineering degree, and we have a very Cartesian, rational approach to things.
Every event, whether they're positive or negative, shapes us. And sometimes, events happen that we couldn't even fathom.
