Julie Payette Quotes

You're always under the microscope, and you don't know which mission you're going to get. It's a surprise.

When you're a little different than others, it takes a little more time to fit in. If you really want to be there, there are no ingredients you need other than effort, perseverance and teamwork.

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.

Most people here don't have a wide emotional range. It's just the type of people astronauts are, they're required to be level.

Definitely you don't become famous by doing something bad; that's a professional death sentence.

Some people will always be volunteers to explore, and it is, in my mind, a privilege.

I'm 45, and I'm still at school, essentially. Even after being assigned to the mission, I had to write a number of exams, with people commenting on my performance.

Nobody is going anywhere in 10 years.

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.

The opportunities to become an astronaut in Canada were far and few.

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

You're always under the microscope, you don't know which mission you're going to get. It's a surprise.