I am definitely a little more nervous for my colleagues when I'm working at mission control than I am myself, on the shuttle.
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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