In 1983, NASA invited Canada to fly three payload specialists, in part because we had contributed the robotic arm that is used on the shuttle.
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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.Marc Garneau
Through these ongoing activities and possibly in the future, a Canadian will go live and work on the International Space Station and we will continue to make Canadians proud of our achievements in space.
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I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer.
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So Canada has had an interest in space right from the beginning, and, in fact, started to work with NASA almost forty years ago.
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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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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.
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