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The show inspired me to buy the books- I've just finished the first. Hopefully the ratings will be high enough for it to remain funded. I like the general lac

• scrumper 11y ago
  That was interesting, and a surprising result. Thanks for sharing. There is a bit of magic: the Epstein Drive, allowing for 1G continuous acceleration 'torch ships'. IIRC if they're gone I don't think it breaks the plot much, but without them it's hard to imagine that there'd be quite such a thriving solar system society; it'd be much less interconnected and a much smaller economy without the ability to support large-scale stations by shipping large volumes of necessary supplies (e.g. ice) around easily.