Donald Jacques has been an avid space geek since he watched enraptured when Apollo 11 landed on the moon. He is a veteran of the USAF, where he served as a loadmaster, and electrician for Civil Engineering. He spent 20 years as a computer programmer, 10 years as a ballroom dance instructor, and currently operates a handyman service in Phoenix, Arizona.

He has been a regular volunteer at MDRS for several years, participated as an analog astronaut in MDRS mission 286. As Chief Scientist at EarthSeed, Inc, he has been developing ecological living systems for applications in space habitats, most recently embodied in the Mobile Analog Space Habitat.