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 thoughts. We use problem-solving; what we call "what-if-ing." What if this happened? What would we do? We go over plan B, C, D, E, F, and whatever else, depending on the criticality of what we're doing. This kind of thing can be applied almost everywhere, even at home.
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 that endeavour and to contribu… - Julie Payette
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 that endeavour and to contribu…
- Julie Payette
On the day a country decides not to invest a cent in innovation, discovery or exploration, that country decides to be a tributary to others. - Julie Payette
On the day a country decides not to invest a cent in innovation, discovery or exploration, that country decides to be a tributary to others.
Definitely you don't become famous by doing something bad; that's a professional death sentence. - Julie Payette
Definitely you don't become famous by doing something bad; that's a professional death sentence.
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 thoughts. We use … - Julie Payette
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 thoughts. We use …
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. - Julie Payette
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.
If anything, when you're up in space and you're inside a space ship, which is your home, and without which you would not survive, you know that Earth… - Julie Payette
If anything, when you're up in space and you're inside a space ship, which is your home, and without which you would not survive, you know that Earth…
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 w… - Julie Payette
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 w…
Some people will always be volunteers to explore, and it is, in my mind, a privilege. - Julie Payette
Some people will always be volunteers to explore, and it is, in my mind, a privilege.
You're always under the microscope, and you don't know which mission you're going to get. It's a surprise. - Julie Payette
You're always under the microscope, and you don't know which mission you're going to get. It's a surprise.
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