I'd love to serve on the Enterprise.
Our values are tolerance and determination and freedom of religion, freedom to act, opportunities, equality of opportunities amongst everyone and for all.
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.
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.
Science is fun, and it's fundamental.
I am very fortunate - I grew up with music.
All my voice training comes from choir and small ensemble singing.
We have always a roll to play in any community, and we have to do it - it's being part of a society.
Part of the role that I am fulfilling as Governor General is to highlight what communities can do together.
Will we have a colony on Mars? I think so.
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.
If you want more kids to become engineers in space, travellers, and pilots, then you have to expose them to those types of careers.
I am definitely a little more nervous for my colleagues when I'm working at mission control than I am myself on the shuttle.
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.
Whatever your interests or abilities, I encourage you stay active during the holiday season.
Let's work together to keep our country open, tolerant, respectful, and progressive.
I am convinced that anyone can accomplish anything.
Trust science, believe that innovation and discoveries are good for us, and make decisions based on data and evidence.
It's been a great honour and privilege to serve Canadians.
We're all on-board the same planetary spaceship, but together, we can move mountains.
