Julie Payette

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.

I'm a true believer in the strength of teamwork, in the power of dreams.

I'm a true believer in the strength of teamwork, in the power of dreams, and in the absolute necessity of a support structure.

We sleep very well in space. We have a sleeping bag each, and when you get into it, you float in the sleeping bag.

I always call myself a space construction worker.

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.

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.

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.

Part of the role that I am fulfilling as Governor General is to highlight what communities can do together.

Our values are tolerance and determination and freedom of religion, freedom to act, opportunities, equality of opportunities amongst everyone and for all.

Trust science, believe that innovation and discoveries are good for us, and make decisions based on data and evidence.

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.