Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you all for coming. This is incredible.
I think a lot of the questions have been exhausted as far as the direction I want to go, but the one thing that really stands out is the camaraderie that you've accomplished. I think we all agree on the importance of nations' working together. What an incredible opportunity this is to advance our causes.
There's an ancient proverb that says “people perish for lack of vision”. I think sometimes we can be moved away from that if we all have a common vision, and space definitely is one of these visions.
You've touched on a number of possibilities: we may go to Mars, we may go to an asteroid, or we may go beyond that. Has there been any movement towards a collective vision within the European Union, the United States, Japan, and Canada? Have we included other countries? You talked a little bit about China. China seems to have its own goals, but has there been an attempt to bring China into that sphere, and India or Brazil as well?
Those are the obvious ones, but I think about nations such as Turkey or, I suppose, any nation in the entire world, and I want to say, “Listen, we want you to become part of this. Here's how you can contribute. Here are possibly some of the benefits for you”.
In Canada we've had a number of astronauts go up. There's an opportunity for other countries. Is there such a movement? If so, how far along are you, and what are your plans?