I'd Really Love To Go

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.

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.

You're In Orbit Over The Earth. And Suddenly It's Very, Very Quiet. It's Dramatic. You Realize You're Floating In The Straps In Your Chair. And You Take Off Your Seat Belt And Float Over To The Window And Look Out, And You Realize, "i'm Not Looking At A Picture, Here." I Couldn't Process It All. Even If I Forget Everything Else In My Life, That Will Stay With Me, Burned Into My Brain Until The Day I Die.

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.

I Think There's Going To Be A Very Sudden Shift In People's Perception Of The International Space Station, Because Suddenly It's Going To Look Much, Much Bigger Than It Already Is.