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<blockquote data-quote="Nutation" data-source="post: 7055490" data-attributes="member: 6749673"><p>Hard science wins me over.</p><p>I like the depiction of thrust gravity, which is very rare for TV. We occasionally see braking thrust applied, though maybe not as often as we should. (Ships IIRC are usually pointed at their destination as they approach. We do see attitude thrusters fire, though.)</p><p>I just saw Amos dangling from the outside of spinning Tycho Station.</p><p>Also, high-gee stress.</p><p>What we don't see is any discussion of efficient orbits or delta-V. All of the belt locations feel close together, with Earth, Mars, and Jupiter being "farther away". It's as though everything is on the same side of the sun so that distances are just a function of the various bodies' orbital diameters.</p><p>Some of the plotting is unexpected and perhaps innovative. The story started out with 3 different groups of protagonists, and they still haven't all met. We've added other points of view since, though, so it's not that simple.</p><p>In the first episode, Miller is looking for Julie Mao, who is young, rich, beautiful, and got herself in trouble. In conventional plotting, he finds & rescues her by the end of Season 1, at which point we get the big reveal about the next threat. That ain't how it happened.</p><p>I haven't read the book, but I find the story easy enough to follow. There may be a lot of background on how and why that I'm missing. For example, with the recent flashback of how the testing of Mars' advanced drive went awry, I wasnt' clear on the fallout.</p><p>I've seen enough gritty, unreliable technology at this point that I take it in stride.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nutation, post: 7055490, member: 6749673"] Hard science wins me over. I like the depiction of thrust gravity, which is very rare for TV. We occasionally see braking thrust applied, though maybe not as often as we should. (Ships IIRC are usually pointed at their destination as they approach. We do see attitude thrusters fire, though.) I just saw Amos dangling from the outside of spinning Tycho Station. Also, high-gee stress. What we don't see is any discussion of efficient orbits or delta-V. All of the belt locations feel close together, with Earth, Mars, and Jupiter being "farther away". It's as though everything is on the same side of the sun so that distances are just a function of the various bodies' orbital diameters. Some of the plotting is unexpected and perhaps innovative. The story started out with 3 different groups of protagonists, and they still haven't all met. We've added other points of view since, though, so it's not that simple. In the first episode, Miller is looking for Julie Mao, who is young, rich, beautiful, and got herself in trouble. In conventional plotting, he finds & rescues her by the end of Season 1, at which point we get the big reveal about the next threat. That ain't how it happened. I haven't read the book, but I find the story easy enough to follow. There may be a lot of background on how and why that I'm missing. For example, with the recent flashback of how the testing of Mars' advanced drive went awry, I wasnt' clear on the fallout. I've seen enough gritty, unreliable technology at this point that I take it in stride. [/QUOTE]
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