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Tango0127 Jul 2019 12:57 p.m. PST

"After a close brush with death before Amazon swooped in to save it, The Expanse is officially back for a fourth season in December. Which means that if you're not already obsessed with the space opera that blends interplanetary politicking and battles with alien monsters, you've got a few months to catch up. But it's not just science fiction fans who can find a lot to love in this show—so can anyone concerned with the habitability of humanity's homeworld.

The Expanse is set several centuries from now in a future where humans have spread across the Solar System. It focuses on the crew of the Rocinante, a rag-tag group of former ice haulers who get swept up in the biggest scientific discovery of all time, one that threatens to shift the balance of power between Earth, Mars, and the "Belters" eking out a living on asteroids and the moons of the outer planets. There are cinematic space battles, political intrigues, and Alien-esque horror elements. But in a pop culture landscape seemingly obsessed with superpowered humans and dragon-fueled destruction, the thing that makes the The Expanse truly stand out is how often it gets the science right, including showing how ill-suited bipedal primates are to life in the vacuum of space. And by addressing that reality head on, the show—whether intentionally or not—makes a powerful case for protecting the Earth…"
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goragrad27 Jul 2019 8:48 p.m. PST

Humans are ill-suited for life in many extreme environments on Earth – but they still live in them…

ScottWashburn Sponsoring Member of TMP02 Aug 2019 4:04 a.m. PST

I hope the show is better than the first book in the series :) It definitely does NOT get the science right.

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