“It's only when you're flying above it that you realize how incredible the Earth really is.”
“Yes, I see the Mobile Base System really is the shoulder of the arm. The arm is right there, like a human arm. It's really funny to look at the similarities between a human arm and the Canadian robotics arm.”
“So, for me, I make no difference whether I'm training with my shuttle crew or the Expedition crew. Of course, I think I want to take more care of the Expedition crew, because they're going to stay there for a long time.”
“I think doing something of your life is something that you've got deep inside, whether it's to, whether you want to be an astronaut or a, whether you want to do science, or whether you want to be a movie star, or whatever.”
“And, I think, as a kid, I had a strong motivation to do something of my life. And, I think that's the strongest motivation I really got. And, that came obviously from my parents and my grandparents.”
“The student develops an analytical as well as finely blended character. He is able to choose from a wide variety of job fields from which to embrace a career, without having to be a specialist in one particular discipline.”
“I think that witnessing ecological problems visible from space is one of the new and essential roles of astronauts.”
“I've been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the No-Fly Zone.”
“Polytechnique is a school whose multidisciplinary, very high scientific level curriculum is invaluable.”
“So it's, I think it's quite, quite unique to fly with somebody with so much experience.”