I thought I might do a smaller/quicker post about Bob’s trip from Earth to Saturn before he heads out to Epsilon Eridani. Since Bob isn’t moving very fast, no relativistic physics is required, you can get away with go ol’ Newtonian mechanics (kinematics really, we aren’t considering forces here). The relevant excerpts are: Chapter 13: […]

I’m going to keep this first post pretty simple. It’s based on these two excerpts: Chapter 13: Bob – August 17, 2133 – Enroute “Epsilon Eridani is 10.52 light-years away from Sol. The specs indicated that the ship could run at 2g indefinitely with no ill effects, which would get me to my target star

Welcome to The Bobiverse – Explained. I, like you, am a big fan of Dennis E Taylor’s Bobiverse books, well, the first three at least. Since Dennis writes in the genre known as hard science fiction, I thought it would be fun to write a series of blog posts that explore the science behind the