A short story about the breakthrough in ship drive technology that allowed humanity to explore the outer solar system and its inventor, Solomon Epstein.

Decent enough story for its length. A bit rough around the edges though; noticed multiple grammatical errors and spelling mistakes. Like The Butcher of Anderson Station, this one interleaves a “present” timeline with flashbacks from the past, but without the connecting element of an interrogation. Curiously, I think this might be the first time a novel I read used present tense narration for telling a “present” story.