I thought a piece of sophisticated technology like the Space Shuttle has to be flown and operated by a variety or personnel like commander, pilot, several mission specialists, and a flight engineer. I thought the International Space Station needs a crew of at least three to make it functional. But if you’ve been following the latest Endeavour space mission, you’d think it would all be done by just one person: Julie Payette. Every night on the news: Julie Payette in the Shuttle taking off. Julie Payette docking the shuttle to the station. Julie Payette operating the Canadarm 2. Julie Payette hugging herself on live TV (there were two Canadians on board the station–can you name the other one??). Julie Payette fixed the toilet. Shuttle carrying Julie Payette landed in Florida. Julie Payette is back on Earth. Ah, thank God. It’s over. However, now we’ll get: Julie Payette drives home from Floria. Julie Payette gets hassled at the border for bringing back too much alcohol. Julie Payette pulls into her driveway and hits her dog.

It’s enough already.