If you want more kids to become engineers in space, travellers, and pilots, then you have to expose them to those types of careers.
I'm a true believer in the strength of teamwork, in the power of dreams.
Most astronauts are very down-to-earth people. Many of us, three-quarters, have an engineering degree, and we have a very Cartesian, rational approach to things.
You can learn at any age, but when you are young, you are like a sponge, and when you are introduced to more different types of things before the age of seven and eight, then you get fascinated by that.
Human interaction is not a simple thing.
My son, Laurier, and I love being outdoors. We like to ski and to skate, to play in the snow, and simply to walk and enjoy the winter scenery.
