> On Sep 10, 2017, at 12:09 PM, Kelly St. Clair <xxxxxx@efn.org> wrote:
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> On 9/10/2017 4:51 AM, Jerry Barrington wrote:
>> Making it impossible to use low- or zero-atmosphere bodies…
>
> Well, he /did/ say it was inspired by Firefly/Serenity, which flips a big ol' double-bird to realistic planetology in favor of Joss' space western... Whedon throws in the occasional bone of realism when it suits/serves his story, and otherwise blatantly ignores it, resulting in an overall setting only slightly harder than the whole sprawling system being carried along on the back of giant turtles.

As opposed to *every other* mainstream SF TeeVee show ever? :-)

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