Not to burst your bubble, but "tightbeam" and "space" (as a verb meaning "to kill by exposure to the vacuum of space") are both quite common and old usages in s

Not to burst your bubble, but "tightbeam" and "space" (as a verb meaning "to kill by exposure to the vacuum of space") are both quite common and old usages in science fiction -- they aren't unique to The Expanse. "Tightbeam" was in use as early as the 1930s, by E. E. Smith. Interestingly, this means the term was coined before lasers were even invented! https://sfdictionary.com/view/1943/tight-beam https://sfdictionary.com/view/1943/tight-beam Meanwhile, Robert Heinlein was writing about "spacing" people in 1952: https://sfdictionary.com/view/400/space https://sfdictionary.com/view/400/space