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Howie BL
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Hi
I'm a big fan of the Expanse (both the novel and TV series), largely because of its attention to scientific detail. But there are a few (pedantic) things that bothered me.. anyone agree / disagree?
1/ Mag-boots. This bothers me most of all. We're told that humanity has overcome the troubles of roaming in zero-gravity by simply strapping on a pair of magnetic boots (which hold you to the ground). With these, everyone walks and runs about the ships / stations with no bother... but wouldn't it still be really difficult to move around like normal? I feel like you'd still move around in slow-mo.. surely it would be hard to marry your body in line with the movements of your feet?
2/ Population of Mars! I believe they said around 7 or 8 billion?! On a planet smaller than Earth, that has not yet been terraformed. I just can't quite fathom how that would be possible.
3/ Lack of robotics / AI / automation... Maybe that's just the route they wanted to take the story down. But it seemed to me they were lacking a few concepts that are already being adopted now.
4/ Medical advances. I find it tricky to believe that they can prevent death from exposure to otherwise-would-be fatal doses of radiation, but not find away to prevent death from internal bleeding in zero G. I know it would be difficult, but it shouldn't be less possible than the former.. I'd expect some progress on that in a future with so many humans careering about in space.
Fully aware these are likely conscious sacrifices of realism for the sake of more enjoyable watching! I just wondered if anyone else thought the same. Of course there's also the magic 'Epstein Drive' but we all know that's just a necessary fantasy.
I'm a big fan of the Expanse (both the novel and TV series), largely because of its attention to scientific detail. But there are a few (pedantic) things that bothered me.. anyone agree / disagree?
1/ Mag-boots. This bothers me most of all. We're told that humanity has overcome the troubles of roaming in zero-gravity by simply strapping on a pair of magnetic boots (which hold you to the ground). With these, everyone walks and runs about the ships / stations with no bother... but wouldn't it still be really difficult to move around like normal? I feel like you'd still move around in slow-mo.. surely it would be hard to marry your body in line with the movements of your feet?
2/ Population of Mars! I believe they said around 7 or 8 billion?! On a planet smaller than Earth, that has not yet been terraformed. I just can't quite fathom how that would be possible.
3/ Lack of robotics / AI / automation... Maybe that's just the route they wanted to take the story down. But it seemed to me they were lacking a few concepts that are already being adopted now.
4/ Medical advances. I find it tricky to believe that they can prevent death from exposure to otherwise-would-be fatal doses of radiation, but not find away to prevent death from internal bleeding in zero G. I know it would be difficult, but it shouldn't be less possible than the former.. I'd expect some progress on that in a future with so many humans careering about in space.
Fully aware these are likely conscious sacrifices of realism for the sake of more enjoyable watching! I just wondered if anyone else thought the same. Of course there's also the magic 'Epstein Drive' but we all know that's just a necessary fantasy.