Author: Jim Stepp

     Ever since humans started to fly in to space, one overwhelming question has existed.  Can space travel change our bodies?  In the early years of space travel, this question wasn’t very important.  The men who went into...

    I am starting this article with a small disclaimer.  The Falcon Heavy Rocket was scheduled to launch after this article was due into the U Times.  Hopefully, the launch went well.     Many of us have seen the movie “The...

     We see the sun in the sky almost every day.  Most of us think the sun is a white or yellow orb that shines brightly in the sky, never changing, always the same.  This is not true, however.  The sun has massive eruptions,...

On Oct. 19, 2017, a new object was discovered passing through the inner solar system. The discovery of new objects passing through the inner solar system is not all that unusual.  What is unusual is where this object may come...

    Geopolitics played a big role in the push to space.  Attempts to be the first to get to space and even the moon were not done for altruistic reasons.  They were done to prove one political philosophy was better than...