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Marc Garneau

Date of birth:	23 February 1949
Date of death:	Alive (or unknown)
Country Of Origin:	Canada
Profession:	Pilot
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	" 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

	" And that's one of the reasons I joined the Navy - because I thought it would be exciting, the opportunity to travel, to work in an environment that is sometimes difficult, always exciting. And from the Navy, the opportunity to become an astronaut seemed like a natural extension. "		Marc Garneau

	" But as a payload specialist, I was primarily focusing on a group of science experiments that had been assigned to me. "		Marc Garneau

	" Canada and space are a natural fit. "		Marc Garneau

	" 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

	" 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

	" Certainly, I can name people who have been inspirational in a general way, but probably more inspirational to me on a personal level are some of the teachers that I had when I was growing up, the teachers who inspired me and made me feel confident enough that I could do certain things in my life. "		Marc Garneau

	" I always thought that when I grew up I would want to do a job that involved not only using my brain but also my body. "		Marc Garneau

	" I like adventure. "		Marc Garneau

	" I like the opportunity to travel the world and work in close company with other people. "		Marc Garneau

	" I submitted my name and after about a six-month competition was lucky enough to be chosen as one of the first six astronauts in Canada. "		Marc Garneau

	" I think that the people who have had been the most influence on me in my life are not necessarily household names. "		Marc Garneau

	" 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

	" 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

	" I was also aware of the fact that I was jumping ahead of the queue, to some extent, because some people who had been training here at NASA had been training for many years, and I would have the opportunity to fly. So it made me a little bit nervous, but, as it turned out, everything went very well. "		Marc Garneau

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