For All Mankind
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ShakyJake
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This show has crept more into science fiction than a plausible alternate timeline. There is no way they could be this much more advanced than us in about the same point in time. Getting to the outer planets is no joke and would take 2+ years at least.
Also, way way too many females in position of power. It's become super annoying. Although the young girlfriend is cute and that Russian chick is hot.
Also, way way too many females in position of power. It's become super annoying. Although the young girlfriend is cute and that Russian chick is hot.
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Everything in this show started ignoring hard science once they got past the initial base on the moon. And even then, it severely ignored the issues with low gravity on human biology (reproduction is basically impossible) and all the radiation issues on Mars. And don't get me started on them needing propellent when they supposedly have fusion based engines (there is enough ambient Hydrogen in space, especially within the Ort Cloud to serve this purpose) and the idea of landing on a moon using air braking and no deceleration burn. And for them to get from Mars to Titan that fast (or hell from Earth to Mars in the time frames they mention) they would start running into serious issues with time dilation making communications much more problematic beyond the 90 minute signal delay. The science went out the window with this show to make room for more virtue signaling. I am not watching the spin off where we will get to see how the Soviets were just misunderstood and the real enemy was Capitalism all along..... I swear my eyeballs ricochet on the back of my skull every time I see one of the fucking zoomer fucks say the phrase "Late stage Capitalism".
Having said that, the idea that a cold war would drive innovation is very plausible. It is easy to forget how many tech jumps we made in the 60s entirely because of the Cold War and the associated space race. Unfortunately when we lost our boogieman (or swapped them out for some cave dwelling fundies in the middle east) the focus changed to bullshit social stuff, which are luxuries that can only be afforded during times of prosperity and peace. Insert we traded the stars for Africa meme here. And the girl boss shit, holy fuck. Any woman on this show who is normal and likeable ends up getting killed off or written off, especially if they are even vaguely attractive/charismatic. If you are a psycho and/or a lesbian you get batman levels of plot armor. Every one of them the writers spend time on is a fucking terrible person or outright crazy, except for maybe the cop chick helping the rebels out. And now that Ed is dead, the men are not much better. The Nork guy and Dev are the only two who can act worth a shit and are relatable.
Having said that, the idea that a cold war would drive innovation is very plausible. It is easy to forget how many tech jumps we made in the 60s entirely because of the Cold War and the associated space race. Unfortunately when we lost our boogieman (or swapped them out for some cave dwelling fundies in the middle east) the focus changed to bullshit social stuff, which are luxuries that can only be afforded during times of prosperity and peace. Insert we traded the stars for Africa meme here. And the girl boss shit, holy fuck. Any woman on this show who is normal and likeable ends up getting killed off or written off, especially if they are even vaguely attractive/charismatic. If you are a psycho and/or a lesbian you get batman levels of plot armor. Every one of them the writers spend time on is a fucking terrible person or outright crazy, except for maybe the cop chick helping the rebels out. And now that Ed is dead, the men are not much better. The Nork guy and Dev are the only two who can act worth a shit and are relatable.
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Unless you're breaking physics, you still need to propel something out the end of your spaceship to move forward. Vacuum is a vacuum for a reason: hydrogen molecules are in space, but too spread out to actually be practical to harvest on the go to use as a propellant. You'd need to carry something with you to use to propel your ship, regardless as to your power source.
ShakyJake
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I mean, getting to Titan, landing, etc is an extraordinary, extraordinary effort. There is no freaking way they could do that in the timeframe the show suggests. I'm not even sure why the writers went there. Ganymede or Europa would've been *maybe* believable since it's "next door" to Mars.
Cybsled
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I haven't seen the episode to know what time frame they use, but I guess it depends on their engine and propulsion mass. If they have The Expanse engines (you can constantly maintain thrust for extended periods of time), then you could measure it in weeks. Really any sustained thrust for a long period of time is going to get you going very fast.
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