Canadian - Astronaut | February 23, 1949 -
I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer.
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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.
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I like the opportunity to travel the world and work in close company with other people.
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Canada and space are a natural fit.
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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.
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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.
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