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I was also put off by it, but it does end up going in a nice pseudo-hard scifi direction once you get to the end of season 3. It respects the physical limitatio
by dougmwne 5y ago
I was also put off by it, but it does end up going in a nice pseudo-hard scifi direction once you get to the end of season 3. It respects the physical limitations of human technology while providing a pretty neat what-if.
I was also ok with the Epstein drive. It's a nice little plot enabler. "Yeah, space colonization is laughably implausible, but what if we had just this one piece of magic technology?"
- DennisP 5y agoHere's an argument that a drive with Epstein performance is actually doable: https://toughsf.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-expanses-epstein-drive.html https://toughsf.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-expanses-epstein-dr...
- dougmwne 5y agoThat's a fun read! I've heard of nuclear pulse propulsion, but never considered railgun fuel injected, laser-ignited, magnetically focused fusion a kilometer from the ship as a means of propulsion. Indeed that also looks like quite a weapon.
- mLuby 5y ago"The Juice" is also magic, but totally worth it to see high-G maneuvers.