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SyntheticAperture713 karma

Its like Church and State are separate. What a concept.

SyntheticAperture120 karma

A good way to tell scientific from non-scientific thinking is Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Toolkit.

SyntheticAperture43 karma

The writers of the expanse have said this is their one "sci-fi" element. They assume fusion rockets at are much more efficient than we think they will be.

SyntheticAperture17 karma

Yup. I suspect in the real world approximately 100% of fusion "accidents" go boom, not zoom. =)

SyntheticAperture17 karma

Physics is not your friend, friend.

Even if you assume crazy antimatter/fusion rockets, that is probably never going to happen.