The opportunities to become an astronaut in Canada were far and few. — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
A lot of people, I think, would love to see the earth from above, wear a spacesuit. Certainly, when I was a… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
Most people here don't have a wide emotional range. It's just the type of people astronauts are, they're required to be level. — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
If you're in space on the way to Mars, and a conflict develops... you can't turn around and go back, because Earth… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
We sleep very well in space. We have a sleeping bag each, and when you get into it, you float in the… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
If you want more kids to become engineers in space, travellers, and pilots, then you have to expose them to those types… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
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… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
I actually don't remember Apollo 11 exactly because, at the time, I was five years old. The landing happened at night, and… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
I really feel like, on my first mission, the first mission is when you prove yourself and hopefully deserve the privilege to… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
The one thing we can't really train for is weightlessness, real weightlessness. It's a ton of fun. It's pure Newtonian physics. You… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
I always call myself a space construction worker. We were only the second mission ever to go to the space station. There… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
Clearly, when I first started talking about the fact that I wanted to be an astronaut, I was in primary school, so… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
I was a flight engineer on my second flight, which is the most senior position a non-American can have aboard the shuttle.… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
We have fans that circulate air in the cabin of the module of the space shuttle. They're running all the time. They're… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
On my first mission, I was the spacewalk supervisor: the person that runs the spacewalk from inside the vehicle. As such, I… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
Almost everything I do when I approach an operational problem comes from the time I've been in space. It's a way of… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
If anything, when you're up in space and you're inside a space ship, which is your home, and without which you would… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
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… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
I'm 9, 10, and I'm watching the Apollo astronauts go to the moon. We're sitting on the floor of a school, and… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
I really believe that, in 500 years, we will still remember the International Space Station, because it will have been the first… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
Will we go explore? Absolutely. That's what humans have been doing since we left the caves in Ethiopia. Why? Because this is… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
The prerequisite that people have a scientific or engineering degree or a medical degree limits the number of female astronauts. Right now,… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
When you're a little different than others, it takes a little more time to fit in. If you really want to be there, there… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
I am definitely a little more nervous for my colleagues when I'm working at mission control than I am myself on the shuttle. — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
A lot of people, I think, would love to see the earth from above, wear a spacesuit. Certainly, when I was a kid, I… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
In a modern and innovative society, where advancements are plentiful and communication is instantaneous, science and technology are a part of everyday life. — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
I think it's the entire privilege I had to represent my country. It's not the going to space alone; it's to be part of… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
Almost everything I do when I approach an operational problem comes from the time I've been in space. It's a way of organizing your… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
I'm still convinced that - I'm sorry to say - the body of evidence shows that the planet is warming up. And it's warming… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
Trust science, believe that innovation and discoveries are good for us, and make decisions based on data and evidence. — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
On the day a country decides not to invest a cent in innovation, discovery or exploration, that country decides to be a tributary to… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
