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I feel like space opera is more about the plot. You can have hard sci-fi space opera (the Expanse) or soft sci-fi opera (Starwars, Startrek).

• jmyeet 3y ago
  The Expanse is very much space opera. Don't get me wrong: I love the show. But the only real difference between it and Star Trek (science-wise) is that The Expanse has zero-gravity. It still has the inertialess movement common in space opera.
  • Narishma 3y ago
    What do you mean by inertialess movement?
  • hollerith 3y ago
    I didn't notice anything in The Expanse that contradicts the laws of motion, and it is the only fiction TV show I can think of that is careful in that way. For example, more than once or twice a space ship is shown firing opposite the ship's direction of travel during the second half of the ship's trajectory. And I seem to recall a scene showing a ship (with only one large engine, which of course is the sensible way to do it) doing a flip at the half-way point to point the engine directly opposite to the direction of travel.