Free Fall

  What is gravity? A force that pulls us in to Earth, and keeps us grounded, whether we are standing on “top” of the Earth or on the “bottom.” We could dive into to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity or Newton’s Theory of Gravitation, and really get into what gravity is, but for now we will […]

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The Importance of Space

When you tell someone you are working towards a degree in Space Studies, the automatic response is usually, “Wow! So you’re going to be an astronaut?” While that would be an amazing career goal, that is not the only thing a degree in Space Studies can offer. Typically, astronauts are mathematicians, engineers, pilots, and doctors. […]

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The Ultimate Voyage

We live in a bubble! The size of our solar system is defined by the boundaries of the heliosphere. The heliosphere simply explained is a bubble–produced by the sun encasing the planets, asteroids, comets, meteorites, and all the “stuff” that comprises our solar system. In the Milky Way, our solar system is just one small […]

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Exploration!

Exploration! Bringing the excitement back into the lives of…well I guess the small amount of you that might actually sit down and read this. Why do we explore? Why do we journey to space? Human curiosity is a curious thing, it is powerful and strong. Curiosity, really brings out the worse side in some us, […]

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Feeling Like it’s 1957!

Not sure where to begin on this journey of mine. To be quite frank–that’s my way of saying TBH (to be honest, which a friend had to teach me), like the kids do–anyway, TBQF I’m not the best at technology, so figuring this out could be a whole other, dare I say it–blog. So, I’m […]

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