David Saint-Jacques wishes great success to FIRST Robotics Competition participants

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David Saint-Jacques wishes great success to FIRST Robotics Competition participants

2019-02-26 - From the International Space Station, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques encourages students who are participating in the FIRST Robotics Competition. (Credits: Canadian Space Agency, NASA)

David Saint-Jacques : Hello! I’m David Saint-Jacques, Canadian Space Agency astronaut. Right now I am orbiting the Earth 400 kilometres above you, on the International Space Station!

And I want to congratulate you on your excellent work! I had the chance to visit the FIRST Robotics Festival in Montreal last year, and I was very impressed to see the energy, the talent and enthusiasm present at this competition.

What struck me most was how hard you work and how well you collaborate all together.

This competition gives you skills and abilities that you’ll use throughout your lives. They’ll enable you to tackle many challenges, whether you become scientists, doctors, technicians, engineers or even maybe astronauts!

So stay curious, keep on learning new things and – don’t forget – dare to explore!

Bye bye!

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