For all of you who think you are in the “I’m not qualified” category-
I met the wonderful Don Thomas when he moved to Baltimore a couple of months ago, and we are having ongoing talks about ways for him to be involved in FIRST here in Maryland.
He was rejected from NASA as an astronaut 3 times over many years. But he kept following his dream, and kept figuring out what he needed to do next. Don just retired from NASA, with 1000+ hours in space.
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/thomas-d.html