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<blockquote data-quote="RDKirk" data-source="post: 69058218" data-attributes="member: 326155"><p>For anyone who was a fan of old-school "hard" science fiction, I recommend "The Expanse" on SyFy. This environment is something Robert A. Heinlein could have written, thirty percent "The Moon is A Harsh Mistress," twenty percent "Friday," twenty percent "Citizen of the Galaxy," and the rest out of his "Future History."</p><p></p><p>It's Old Earth versus New Mars with the Belters caught in the middle.</p><p></p><p>No space warp travel in this one...just slow crawling around the solar system in reaction ships that have to do hard core "skew flips" to change direction. No blasters or phasers, just rocket torpedos and slugs...with computerized aiming, for Pete's sake. </p><p></p><p>Get this: Punch a hole into a space ship and there is <strong>not</strong> explosive decompression. There is just a big air leak--you break out a patch, float over to the hole, slap the patch over it, and caulk it. Just like real life. The only bad part is that there is still sound in vacuum. Otherwise life in space looks totally Newtonian.</p><p></p><p>And brush up on the Heinlein-ish space jargon, 'cause it's the only way you're going to keep up with the dialog.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDKirk, post: 69058218, member: 326155"] For anyone who was a fan of old-school "hard" science fiction, I recommend "The Expanse" on SyFy. This environment is something Robert A. Heinlein could have written, thirty percent "The Moon is A Harsh Mistress," twenty percent "Friday," twenty percent "Citizen of the Galaxy," and the rest out of his "Future History." It's Old Earth versus New Mars with the Belters caught in the middle. No space warp travel in this one...just slow crawling around the solar system in reaction ships that have to do hard core "skew flips" to change direction. No blasters or phasers, just rocket torpedos and slugs...with computerized aiming, for Pete's sake. Get this: Punch a hole into a space ship and there is [B]not[/B] explosive decompression. There is just a big air leak--you break out a patch, float over to the hole, slap the patch over it, and caulk it. Just like real life. The only bad part is that there is still sound in vacuum. Otherwise life in space looks totally Newtonian. And brush up on the Heinlein-ish space jargon, 'cause it's the only way you're going to keep up with the dialog. [/QUOTE]
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