“Mag boots” keep people on the “floor” even when thrust gravity changes and when the “floor” becomes the “ceiling”.
This detail makes physical sense because “down” in space can quickly change.
Expanse spaceships series#
In The Expanse, hulls of depressurized ships are often pierced, and the crews remain inside their ships and survive.Īnother scientific detail is how characters almost always wear magnetized boots on spaceships – again, something most sci-fi series don’t show. This makes physical sense because if a fully pressurized ship’s hull were pierced by a projectile, the ship could rapidly eject all of its air – and crew – into the vacuum of space. When spaceships like the Rocinante prepare for battle, he pointed out, the crew dons space suits and depressurizes the cabin – something virtually no other sci-fi show depicts. Obeyesekere raved about the show’s portrayal of scientific phenomena. Vas Obeyesekere, a senior industrial designer for packaging at Amazon, said he has watched all of the streaming episodes and read all The Expanse books released so far. “Space is really a character in this series and feels more real than in some other sci-fi shows.” “Part of the attraction of this show is that worlds we’re creating feel more real,” said Shankar. Shankar, the series’ showrunner, as well as Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham, co-authors of the book series, said the attention to both science and fiction is intentional. The series is also beloved for its adherence and focus to small details that pay homage to, and are informed by science and physics, which also drive the plot. It has compelling storylines treachery, romance, nuclear warheads, and sprawling space battles are in no short supply. The show resonates with its deeply-committed fans. When an alien life form with potentially awesome powers is discovered, human jockeying for control intensifies, imperiling life everywhere. Those who were born on space stations scattered around the asteroid belt are known as Belters. Humans not only populate Earth, but also live on Mars. The series takes place 200 years in the future, when divisions among humans are as strong as ever, but predicated more on intergalactic nationality than ethnicity. “So a pat on the back from him is really strong!” “And is really strong,” added Dominque Tipper, who plays the engineer, Naomi Nagata in the series. And he turned around – and it was Buzz Aldrin! And he was annoyed that I was patting him on the back. “We were all jumping around and we were all excited,” Chatham said. Wes Chatham, the actor who plays Amos in the series, a thoughtful and efficiently violent mechanic, explained how surreal it was to find out in real-time that the show would be saved. “It was kind of like dying and going to heaven," recalled Naren Shankar, the series’ showrunner, on a recent visit to Amazon headquarters with some of the cast and the co-authors of the books. Just like that, The Expanse had a second lease on life. Then, last spring, with several cast members in attendance at the National Space Society event, Bezos announced that the Rocinante – the fictional spaceship where much of the show’s plot unfolds – would be safe.
In early 2018, followers of the series feared they were on the cusp of losing the sci-fi show the Syfy channel had cancelled after only three seasons. For fans, the announcement from Jeff Bezos was momentous.
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