I think Canada in general should be very proud of our capabilities. We are absolute world leaders in space robotics, |
I'll reach up with the shuttle arm, almost like passing a baton from the new arm to the old arm, |
If only there was someone out here with long arms, |
It's beautiful to see the Big Arm moving the pallet around, ... Big relief. |
Now picture Sasha floating freely in space and she wanted to go to sleep. |
Our role is to develop techniques that allow us to provide emergency life-saving procedures to injured patients in an extreme, remote environment without the presence of a physician, |
So without that Canadian invention we were grounded, |
So without that Canadian invention we were grounded. And so that was a really important and key part of the mission and Canadians should take real pride in it. |
That's how we ended up providing those things, not by some sort of graciousness, but because of our raw ability and proven track record and they worked perfectly. |
When I was nine, I wanted to be an astronaut but at that time there weren't any Canadian astronauts. You had to be American or Soviet. So many things will be possible in your lifetimes. |
When we needed a long extension on the Canadarm 1 in order to be able to inspect the outside plus sensors on the end, NASA . . . looked through the whole world for who had the best capability and the most promising ability to build something and Canada won. |
You made the first space station docking look effortless, |