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A comment on Colonizing Mars: A Critique of the SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System. Parent comment

Re:Colonizing Mars: A Critique of the SpaceX Interplanetary ... by hammock on Friday October 21, 2016 @10:46PM (#12766812)
Would make a great TV series, a la Terra Nova. You might have a society where the average lifespan is cut in half, predominant diseases are space-related and accidents are a daily or weekly part of life. It wouldn't be like living on Earth, but it would be something.
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Re:Colonizing Mars: A Critique of the SpaceX Interplanetary ... by chucksmash on Saturday October 22, 2016 @01:58AM (#12767443)
You might enjoy The Expanse book series! There are several world-building tangents that delve into exactly this area.

I'm thinking (no spoilers) specifically of how Ceres, having been spun up to provide artificial gravity, becomes a destination for expecting mothers trying to avoid complications associated with low-G.

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Re:Colonizing Mars: A Critique of the SpaceX Interplanetary ... by SolarNet on Saturday October 22, 2016 @02:55AM (#12767585)
I also like how the only sci-fi conceit the book asks for (besides the antagonist aliens obviously) are the engines which are right on the edge of the theoretical maximum.
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Re:Colonizing Mars: A Critique of the SpaceX Interplanetary ... by Pinckney on Saturday October 22, 2016 @02:04AM (#12767467)
Surely Ceres would just fling itself apart?
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Re:Colonizing Mars: A Critique of the SpaceX Interplanetary ... by snrplfth on Saturday October 22, 2016 @07:02PM (#12770965)
It sure would. Not that you could spin up something so large.
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Re:Colonizing Mars: A Critique of the SpaceX Interplanetary ... by drakonandor on Monday October 24, 2016 @02:21PM (#12781365)
That TV show is great.
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