Marc Garneau Quotes
"Well, my father was in the Army and we traveled quite a bit when I was growing up, and I thought that I would like to have a military career, although I was drawn more towards the Navy."
- Marc Garneau
(Related: Father, Thought, Army, Career, Growing up, Military, Navy)
"Through these ongoing activities and possibly in the future, a Canadian will go live and work on the International Space Station and we will continue to make Canadians proud of our achievements in space."
- Marc Garneau
(Related: Work, Future, Space, Will)
"There are many experiments and a great deal of research that can be performed on the station that make a difference in our lives and we are committed to supporting this important vocation."
- Marc Garneau
(Related: Difference, Research, Vocation)
"The space industry is developing and delivering benefits that tie into our immediate needs and priorities here on Earth-for example, medical and materials research, and satellite communications."
- Marc Garneau
(Related: Medical, Benefits, Earth, Example, Needs, Priorities, Research, Space)
"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."
- Marc Garneau
(Related: Canada, Now, Safety, Tools)
"NASA wanted to assure its ability to examine the spacecraft in orbit for signs of damage."
- Marc Garneau
(Related: Ability)
"It is a challenge to have your launch date slip continuously."
- Marc Garneau
(Related: Challenge)
"In 1983, NASA invited Canada to fly three payload specialists, in part because we had contributed the robotic arm that is used on the shuttle."
- Marc Garneau
(Related: Canada)
"After the Shuttle checks out on its two upcoming flights, it will be ready to take larger components up to the International Space Station later this fall."
- Marc Garneau
(Related: Space, Will)
"I wanted to further my education, so I went on to get a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and came back and served about ten years in the Canadian Navy as what we call a combat systems engineer."
- Marc Garneau
(Related: Education, Engineering, Navy, Years)
"I think the crux of the matter was that if we were going to become partners in, for example, the International Space Station, we had to gain the respect of a country like the United States and particularly its space organization, NASA."
- Marc Garneau
(Related: Country, Example, Gain, Respect, Space, states, United)
"I like the opportunity to travel the world and work in close company with other people."
- Marc Garneau
(Related: Travel, Work, People, Opportunity, Company, World)
"I like adventure."
- Marc Garneau
(Related: Adventure)
"Canada's a huge country, so to be able to unite the country through communication satellite technology or to be able to observe it through remote sensing technology from space is a natural fit for a country like Canada."
- Marc Garneau
(Related: Technology, Canada, Communication, Country, Space)
"Canada has made a strong commitment as a partner in the International Space Station and, like the other partners, wishes to see the assembly of this unique orbiting laboratory continue."
- Marc Garneau
(Related: Canada, Commitment, Space, Wishes)
"Canada and space are a natural fit."
- Marc Garneau
(Related: Canada, Space)
"I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer."
- Marc Garneau
(Related: Canada, College, Military, Navy)