I Am Not As Eloquent As Stephane

I'd Really Love To Go For A Fourth Trip Into Space With Maybe Mr. Duceppe And Mr. Boisclair, And I Am Convinced, I Am Convinced That After Such A Trip, Quebec Sovereignty Will No Longer Be An Issue. Space Travel Affects Us That Much.

New Standards For Safety Are Now In Place And Canada Has Helped Provide Tools And Techniques That Were Needed. Technologies Like These Are Innovative And Represent Great Achievements For Us.

What You Aren't Ready For Being The First Time In Space - On An Emotional And Intellectual Level - Is How Looking Down At Earth Will Profoundly Affect You. Over The Long Term, It Has Changed The Way I Think About Planet Earth. When You Go Around The Planet And Look Down, You Think About The Fact That This Is The Cradle Of Humanity, That This Is A Place Where Seven Billion People, 200 Countries, Live Side By Side, That We Share This Place And There's Nowhere Else To Go.

The Most Fun To Do In The Weightlessness Is Going Down The Ladder Headfirst, Walking On The Ceiling, Chasing After M&m's That You Throw Up Into The Air - They're Just Bouncing Around All Over The Place And You Go Around Like A Fish Eating Them. I Often Tell Kids That When You Go Into Space And Experience Weightlessness, The Serious Adult In You Gives Way To The Child You Used To Be, Who Had Imagination, Who Had No Bounds On What Was Possible.

I Went To Military College In Canada And Graduated As An Officer In The Navy But Also As An Engineer.