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Space has always been confusing to politics.

I thought any chance I had of space travel would be military or government-controlled.

You really have to try hard to create space and, at least for a time, stop the political world from rushing in. The important thing is to remain sane.

Canada and space are a natural fit.

I am involved in the architecture of space.

Space is not an enterprise that belongs to the U.S. or to Russia or to China - it is a human endeavor and experience. And that's as it should be.

Space offers extraordinary potential for commerce and adventure, for new innovations and new tests of will. As Americans, we can't help but reach for the stars. It's our nature. It's our destiny.

We all have as much right to take up our space in the world as one another.

I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as an educator with my interests in history and space is a unique opportunity to fulfill my early fantasies.

For the first time in history all the major countries in the world are pushing together to reach this goal... building something in space that is really for all humankind.