![]() ![]() The Expanse does include loud, award-winning explosions despite the fact that there is no sound in the vacuum of outer space, but Filippenko gives it a pass, and says the series dodges classification as " extreme science fiction. The entire series is confined to our solar system and communications are not instantaneous between planets. Spaceships are built like skyscrapers with perpendicular acceleration generating the force necessary to create gravity within. ![]() In The Expanse, instead of spacemen traveling faster than the speed of light without dying thanks to an "inertial dampener," travel across the solar system is achieved through continual acceleration, strategic changes in direction, and an injected mitigating agent known as "the juice." Though there's still a suspension of disbelief, Filippenko sees it as more intricately thought out. In what Filippenko calls " extreme science fiction" such as Star Wars and Star Trek, scientific-sounding names are applied to impossible technology thrown together in the writers' room to explain a cool idea. The Expanse features no hyperspeed, warp speed, or teleportation. The series was developed by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, based on the series of novels by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, writing under the pseudonym James S. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. The Expanse is an American science fiction television series that premiered on December 14, 2015, on Syfy. In a conversation with SFGate, Filippenko, a professor of astronomy at UC Berkeley, commended the series for foregoing the tech tropes of other sci-fi properties. The Expanse (TV Series 20152022) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Related: The Expanse Season 6's Rocinante Roster & Alex Replacement Revealed ![]()
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