ENGL 302 Assignment: Resume cover letter

For my English 302 Technical Writing class, we were instructed to find a job listing for a job we'd like to have (or felt qualified for), and then write a resume cover letter targeted to that company/job. Naturally, I selected an IT job in Vancouver.
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Welcome to the family, Planet X.

Well, it's FINALLY happened.

Scientists today announce Earth-like planet discovered 20.5 light years away.

Planet X orbits Gliese 581, a red star relatively close to us. And the planet may be the first truly Earth-like planet to have been found outside our Solar System.

And get this: It may have a relatively similar climate, and even be covered by water.

Could there be life? Or potential for colonisation?

One thing's for sure: were I to live long enough for homo sapiens to travel there, I could not go. It's 1.5 times the Earth's diameter, and has a mass 5 times greater. The gravity would be double... and I would weigh almost 800 pounds! A human body couldn't handle that.

But for life that evolved there, it would be a completely different story.

I sure hope this holds up under scientific scrutiny. Another Earthlike planet. Incredible.