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I am 48 years old and I still have a sense of adventure .
I was an electronics tech in the U.S.Navy and have worked at aP.B.S. station as an audio/video tech.I have helped to build hospitals ,schools ,houses ,and shopping malls .I think that if given the opportunity to do so , I would volunteer to help establish an infrastructure on the moon ,which could then be used as a jump-point to Mars .
I am interested in the solar sail as a device which could take humanity farther faster .I see the moon as an excellent testing base for operations but if moonbased testing is not necessary I could skip the moon and fly straight to Mars .
I am a veteran and I love my country and I love my people and my family .John Glenn is my personal hero and I have always wanted to personally see Earth from space .I am healthy and strong .I am teachable when it comes to new techniques for performing a task .Most of all I want to be a new pioneer in the vast frontier of space .   
           
                                 Thank You ,
                                           Gary jenkins