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The Moose is loose: a Narwhal launch, featuring Marc Garneau
In his new memoir, A Most Extraordinary Ride, Marc Garneau takes Canadians with him to the House of Commons, Alberta’s oilsands, various far-flung international locales — and, of course, space. While he credits his initial love of nature to a friend from early adulthood, it was his first trip out of this world that really drove home the Earth’s fragility.
“We live on a beautiful planet, but it is not a place of inexhaustible resources and unending resilience — a view that may not be obvious to some Canadians, given the vast, resource-rich country we live in,” the astronaut, who later spent 15 years as a Liberal MP, writes in the book.
“From space, I had seen the damage we are inflicting. I had seen our great forests burning, our soil being washed away through flooding and deforestation and our atmosphere being polluted by vast clouds of smog. Our assault on our planet has been relentless.”
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Q & A with astronaut Marc Garneau: Insights from his memoir
Marc Garneau has lived several lives in his 75 years.
He holds the distinction of being one of Canada’s first astronauts, and the first one to fly in space. Additionally, he has served as a naval officer, a member of Parliament, and a cabinet minister.
With this rich background, it was time for Garneau to share his life story, including the years spent out of the public eye, in his new memoir, A Most Extraordinary Ride: Space, Politics, and the Pursuit of a Canadian Dream.
On October 10 at 7 p.m., Garneau will visit The Book Keeper as part of his press tour.
The Journal spoke with the former astronaut from his home in Montreal ahead of his Sarnia visit.
The Journal: Congratulations on releasing your memoir, is it strange going back and reliving so many of your life events as you put them down on paper?
Marc Garneau: It is in a way. Some of it was still pretty fresh in my mind, obviously the
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“I still have a wide-eyed view of the world”: Marc Garneau, Canada’s first astronaut and retired frikostig MP on the release of his new memoir
Congratulations on A Most Extraordinary Ride; it’s a great read. For example, in your descriptions of your three space flights, you display a knack for creating such vivid pictures that still leaves us wanting more.
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