Can Humans Live in Zero Gravity Like in The Expanse?

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As inspired by the Belters from The Expanse, in today's video we investigate what would happen to humans living in space. Would they look like the Belters? Watch and find out.
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  • @robkemp598
    @robkemp5984 жыл бұрын

    An Inyalowda like you can't understand the struggles of da belt sasakei. Just kidding great video guys

  • @weldonwin

    @weldonwin

    4 жыл бұрын

    RISE UP BELTALOWDA! OH PEE AY! OH PEE AY!

  • @JoshuOfficial

    @JoshuOfficial

    4 жыл бұрын

    Remember the Canterbury

  • @jamesarrendell9517

    @jamesarrendell9517

    4 жыл бұрын

    Pashame fang, ee sasa bretna. Me love to take sut fo kuhaku on gangbanba ke. Me no care fo radiation of kuhaku sasa

  • @Jb3rt_133

    @Jb3rt_133

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wat you guys saying like speak english I don't speak Italian

  • @SpecOpsLlama

    @SpecOpsLlama

    4 жыл бұрын

    Earth must come first!

  • @Kelduffnim
    @Kelduffnim4 жыл бұрын

    The problem of radiations was addressed with more details in the book series, particularly on how it affects childbirths in the Belt where children can develop immunity system deficiencies like Mei Meng and Katoa Merton. Pregnant women have to go to Ganymede which has a natural magnetosphere and those who can't afford to travel there stay deep inside rocky bodies like Ceres the entire gestation period to shield from radiations.

  • @silent_stalker3687

    @silent_stalker3687

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hide inside a insulated mine asteroid to escape radiation The miners: they really should give us some radiation suits. this uranium pays enough in trade, comrade.

  • @Ignisan_66

    @Ignisan_66

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ganymede's natural magnetosphere is not strong enough to protect people from Jupiter's deadly radiation.

  • @donalny
    @donalny4 жыл бұрын

    I don't remember if they mention it on the show, but the books make a point to say that many belters travel to Ganymede, one of the moons of Jupiter, to have children. It is about 14% earth's gravity.

  • @user-px7kx2gp1b

    @user-px7kx2gp1b

    3 жыл бұрын

    They talk about it in one scene. I think it was Prax.

  • @zackallen7781
    @zackallen77814 жыл бұрын

    Its not as clear in the show, but most belters grow up at least 1/3g. Plus, ships generate "gravity" through constant acceleration, which is what makes the Epstein Drive so important. Also in the book, Naomi spends a ton of time in the gym, more so than the not belter members of the Rocinante besides maybe Bobby. Pregnant Belters with means also travel to Gannymede while gestating because it has higher gravity than other outer planet bodies. Finally, when we do meet belters that have grown up, or lived significant amounts of their lives, in 0g, they are super messed up, like blind by 20 and dead my mid 30s.

  • @venticuiliar9136

    @venticuiliar9136

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ganymede also has a natural magnetosphere, unlike a lot of other moons or bodies in the Belt, so it helps protect the mother and child during the gestation period from radiation.

  • @seeingeyegod

    @seeingeyegod

    3 жыл бұрын

    how do they have 1/3rd gravity when none of the asteroids have anywhere near that high a natural gravity and are also not constantly under thrust?

  • @stephenhawkins7173

    @stephenhawkins7173

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@seeingeyegod well, Ganymede has a surface gravity of only 0.15g. It does have a magnetosphere though which protects babies against radiation. Some of the dwarf planets and asteroids are spun up, like the space hotel from 2001 or elysium, except its a big heavy rock like Ceres or Eros. They live on the inside of the outer edge. They gave them a surface gravity of -0.3g and live upside down on the inside

  • @BreandanOCiarrai

    @BreandanOCiarrai

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@seeingeyegod - they explain this, but you'd miss it if you weren't paying pretty close attention. Tycho Station's primary job is spinning up asteroids like Ceres using all of those little drone thruster tugs to increase the spin and therefore the centripetal force gravity. You see this in the Coriolis Effect every time someone pours a drink and it spirals from bottle to glass at nearly a 45 degree angle. This gives Ceres far more effective gravity than it's natural mass. Ganymede's big draw wasn't gravity so much as it was the magnetosphere to shield the developing fetus from radiation.

  • @Ignisan_66

    @Ignisan_66

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@BreandanOCiarrai Well that doesn't make any sense cause Ganymede has really weak magnetosphere and is inside Jupiter's deadly radiation belts. It won't protect shit unless the colonies are deep underground. It would make much more sense to build a colony on Callisto which is outside Jupiter's radiation belts and has much lower radiation on the surface.

  • @matrimalviarin5043
    @matrimalviarin50434 жыл бұрын

    We want more of The Expanse. I want more of The Expanse

  • @ryangshooter_1682

    @ryangshooter_1682

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's coming but we have to Wait one year

  • @MadDragonify

    @MadDragonify

    4 жыл бұрын

    Behold 40 years of Mobile Suit Gundam

  • @potatogeneral4072

    @potatogeneral4072

    3 жыл бұрын

    I want so many seasons of it.

  • @headpump

    @headpump

    3 жыл бұрын

    God loves the Expanse, especially Belters

  • @suthinscientist9801
    @suthinscientist98014 жыл бұрын

    7:48 - Simple solution, just build a toroidal or cylindrical section of the spaceship or space station at least 50 meters in diameter and rotate it to simulate gravity.

  • @richardtrue2758

    @richardtrue2758

    4 жыл бұрын

    just like Babylon 5 im surprised we havent done it yet would make working in space easy

  • @badlaamaurukehu

    @badlaamaurukehu

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@richardtrue2758 Most science focuses on zero g survivability/sustainability which makes sense since what do you do in a system failure... Also there have been some testing of tethers and other proof of concept tests. Just no need for it yet until we have much more permanent infrastucture installed and online.

  • @donalny

    @donalny

    4 жыл бұрын

    There's no real data to prove that would work. Not at the scale we see in scifi

  • @rjhayward1

    @rjhayward1

    4 жыл бұрын

    They get G forces during acceleration, but only for short periods, not sure how helpful that would be. But if they pull high Gs that would be perhaps deadly to Belters.

  • @suthinscientist9801

    @suthinscientist9801

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@rjhayward1 Considering the asteroid belt object with the highest gravity, Ceres, has only 4% of Earth's gravity, even lunar and martian gravity may be too strong for people born and raised there. That is, unless centrifugal artificial gravity is added.

  • @CodyRushDriving
    @CodyRushDriving3 жыл бұрын

    Whenever I hear "Belter" I can't help but hear it in Klaes Ashford's accent.

  • @EroticOnion23

    @EroticOnion23

    3 жыл бұрын

    I hear it in Anderson Dawes' voice myself :D

  • @MrRikardoe

    @MrRikardoe

    3 жыл бұрын

    Beltah

  • @ravenknight4876
    @ravenknight48764 жыл бұрын

    A thing that really bugged me going forward in season 3 and 4 is that the physical differences between belters and nornal humans seem to have all but disappered. I didn't see a single tall belter in any of the latter seasons, and they just look like earthers on the outside now.

  • @temiajuwon8893

    @temiajuwon8893

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah it’s unfortunate but kind of understandable. It probably isn’t that easy to find that many “tall” actors for the entirety of a series.

  • @Ideo7Z

    @Ideo7Z

    3 жыл бұрын

    Probably to reduce production costs. I'm fine with it as long as they keep production values high in regards to sets and space ships.

  • @BreandanOCiarrai

    @BreandanOCiarrai

    3 жыл бұрын

    Part of that is due to the fact that most of the belters seen are the sort to crew on ships regularly, and thus live and work in .5G or higher much of the time. Miller even pointed out that the extremely tall "rock-hopper" seen in the bar in Season One was a product of poor medical care not providing proper bone and muscle density treatments, thus implying most of the very tall and thin belters are uncommon due to dying off. And, being honest, part of it was also production cost reduction due to the high budget making Syfy nervous that eventually led to them canceling the show, despite it's extremely high ratings and popularity. With Bezos picking it up for Amazon that may change, but... SPOILER ALERT! > > > Almost all of the belters shown in Season 4 are previous and established characters, the OPA terrorists from Marco Inaros' crew (who we see operating on Mars quite a bit, thus indicating they are more acclimated to higher gravities and thus physically close to inners), the Belter ship crew in the new star system, or have been on New Terra/Ilus IV long enough to adapt (and those who couldn't died or had to fall back to their ship, which you don't see much of). I can't recall any of the belters on the ship the UN troops boarded being shown clearly enough to see if they were overly tall and gaunt, so I might've missed some. So at this point we haven't seen much of the belters as a whole other than those who would be from the stock that would most closely physically resemble inners. Season 5 is obviously going to focus much more on the belt, so we'll get a chance to see if the tall gaunt belter look will make it back.

  • @sbvera13

    @sbvera13

    3 жыл бұрын

    The producers copped to that, they said it's because there just aren't enough mega-thin actors to cast for the many, many belter roles. It's one of the things that they simply had to let slide for production reasons.

  • @wwlb4970

    @wwlb4970

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's probably because all actors in the show are from Earth.

  • @PACKERMAN2077
    @PACKERMAN20774 жыл бұрын

    _"You either die a Belter or you live long enough to see yourself become a Browncoat."_ *- Captain Nathaniel Pike, Battlestar Galactica*

  • @richardtrue2758

    @richardtrue2758

    4 жыл бұрын

    the term belter has never been in BSG just finished watching it on blu ray. If so what episode ? Maybe i missed it ill have to check it out

  • @PACKERMAN2077

    @PACKERMAN2077

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@richardtrue2758 season 8, episode 6, _The Long Night_

  • @crimsonmoon81

    @crimsonmoon81

    4 жыл бұрын

    I see what you did here, LOL

  • @richardtrue2758

    @richardtrue2758

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ok right what ever is this some kind of nerd joke

  • @richardtrue2758

    @richardtrue2758

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just asking a question you sound like a smartass that's not as clever as you think . You should try getting laid sometime you nerd

  • @tracymetherell8744
    @tracymetherell87443 жыл бұрын

    I want MORE on The Expanse! It is the best Sci-fi series I have ever seen and I have watched them all starting with Star Trek TOS during its first run as a child. I was happy to discover your video series on The Expanse and subscribed to your channel immediately. Thanks so much for giving the Expanse the attention it deserves.

  • @cwdiode4521
    @cwdiode45214 жыл бұрын

    Pfft, all Earthers are the same. To them, we belters are just animals. This is why we need the OPA.

  • @speakeroftheassembly3680

    @speakeroftheassembly3680

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sassakkai bruda

  • @speakeroftheassembly3680

    @speakeroftheassembly3680

    4 жыл бұрын

    @BadSocialWorker 231 did is what I've been saying dey will Neva give us "dirty belters" a seat at the inners table ,we must be willing to stand on our own two feet step 1 take the nauvoo Step 2 rename it the behemoth Step 3 missile acquisition Step 4 protomolecule acquisition

  • @Cujo2447

    @Cujo2447

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@speakeroftheassembly3680 Aye, Sassakkai!

  • @caedes4367

    @caedes4367

    3 жыл бұрын

    Belters are filthy mutants

  • @rommdan2716

    @rommdan2716

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@caedes4367 Shut up virgin!!!!

  • @BadHandDesigns
    @BadHandDesigns4 жыл бұрын

    I'm happy to see that Chad Kroeger has a new gig after Nickleback. :)

  • @IvanKinkle
    @IvanKinkle4 жыл бұрын

    Great to see “The Expanse” finally getting covered by you guys. ❤️

  • @victorbruant389
    @victorbruant3894 жыл бұрын

    5:29 Don't they mean sh**ing stars?

  • @boatchips7820

    @boatchips7820

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ah yes, "shiting" stars

  • @chococheez0
    @chococheez03 жыл бұрын

    Imagine going through years of studying and training to go to space only to find out that you gotta drink your own piss.

  • @chrismodlin6262
    @chrismodlin62624 жыл бұрын

    look at this innalowda trynya speak for da belt.. Hey, Wellwalla, you gonya get spaced pinche quick talkin like that, sasa que?

  • @RobinTheBot

    @RobinTheBot

    3 жыл бұрын

    Quick corrections: Sasake is pronounced but not spelled like que?. Also innalowda cannot be a wellwalla for turning against beltalowda, only against innalowda. It is "traitor to *my* people". Otherwise well done! Avoided the unnecessary words of others, really got the vibe.

  • @manosbaroulakis9446
    @manosbaroulakis94464 жыл бұрын

    I love the expanse it's just awesome

  • @Bilskirnir3124
    @Bilskirnir31244 жыл бұрын

    You finally got to this show!!! This is probably my favorite Sci-Fi show.

  • @henryfleischer404

    @henryfleischer404

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's my favorite sci-fi book series, but I could barely force myself through the first episode of the show. It did not mesh with me in any way, shape, or form.

  • @Bilskirnir3124

    @Bilskirnir3124

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@henryfleischer404 I'm a big fan of the books as well. My take on it is that it's a great adaptation, and, given what the writers have said regarding it, it appears to be an evolution of the series rather than a strict adaptation of the books.

  • @artificerdrachen6908
    @artificerdrachen69084 жыл бұрын

    Guess it's time to take advice from the mechanicus and swap out that nasty ass flesh and bone with some neat metal and machinery.

  • @jamesm783

    @jamesm783

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Flesh is Weeeaaaaaak....

  • @Maimkillburn69

    @Maimkillburn69

    4 жыл бұрын

    101010001111000110000

  • @foobar201

    @foobar201

    4 жыл бұрын

    From the moment i understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the blessed machine. Your kind cling to your flesh as if it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass that you call the temple will wither and you will beg my kind to save you; But I am already saved. For the machine is immortal. Even in death I serve the Omnissiah.

  • @krimsonkarma8412

    @krimsonkarma8412

    4 жыл бұрын

    Praise the Omnissiah!!!

  • @carlosdgutierrez6570

    @carlosdgutierrez6570

    4 жыл бұрын

    even if it is intended as a joke it is true, our bodies are not meant to live in space, only machines can do that.

  • @jamesharvey3993
    @jamesharvey39934 жыл бұрын

    10/10 more expanse!

  • @lowdensmith-ortiz5253
    @lowdensmith-ortiz52534 жыл бұрын

    The expanse has been one of my favorite shows for a while, can't wait until more videos whenever those will happen!!

  • @suthinscientist9801
    @suthinscientist98014 жыл бұрын

    9:21 - Radiation could be mitigated with thicker walls, strapping water containers to the walls, or somehow creating an artificial magnetic field.

  • @sminkycorp

    @sminkycorp

    4 жыл бұрын

    Somehow? We already know this

  • @cinnamon-skateboarding5987

    @cinnamon-skateboarding5987

    4 жыл бұрын

    We could but funding...funding never changes.

  • @republiccommando6104

    @republiccommando6104

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cinnamon-Skateboarding You got that right.

  • @suthinscientist9801

    @suthinscientist9801

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@cinnamon-skateboarding5987 Yeah, given that it costs a minimum of $3000 per kilogram to launch things into orbit, it's necessary to save as much mass as possible in order to keep the cost of the mission as low as possible.

  • @lattekahvi1298

    @lattekahvi1298

    4 жыл бұрын

    If we just had access to magnets and electricity...

  • @yourstruly4817
    @yourstruly48174 жыл бұрын

    You would suffocate before you would feel cold, because there's no medium to transfer the cold to your body in a vacuum

  • @Vhalikuporamee447

    @Vhalikuporamee447

    4 жыл бұрын

    The water in your lungs, throat and on your eyeballs sublimating away in the vacuum would feel pretty cold. Same with all of the gases being pulled from your orifices.

  • @yourstruly4817

    @yourstruly4817

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Vhalikuporamee447 That's true, although I meant if you kept your eyes and mouth shut and didn't try to breath

  • @Vhalikuporamee447

    @Vhalikuporamee447

    4 жыл бұрын

    That wouldn't be possible, though. The air in your lungs would either be pulled out your mouth and nose into space, or your lungs and torso would rupture. Former would be much less uncomfortable.

  • @yourstruly4817

    @yourstruly4817

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Vhalikuporamee447 while I think your first point may be true, I don't think your torso would rupture in space because of a difference of 100 Kilopascals, the human body is surprisingly resilient, even with high pressure underwater

  • @Vhalikuporamee447

    @Vhalikuporamee447

    4 жыл бұрын

    While AFAIK vacuum transition does have the capacity to burst your lungs, it might depend on what pressure your breathing mix was at before you got exposed to vacuum. 1 atm regular air vs. 0.3 atm oxygen or something would be a big difference. Regardless, holding your breath in either case would certainly give you the bends.

  • @devin8362
    @devin83624 жыл бұрын

    Recently stumbled upon your guy’s channels and feel compelled to give a shoutout, one of the few subs not to miss out on. Man not to mention how hilarious u dudes are, kills me every time lol.

  • @GenerationFilms

    @GenerationFilms

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hey thanks dude!

  • @orestmarkheva7325

    @orestmarkheva7325

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hope you are not a filthy alien

  • @harbofdoom

    @harbofdoom

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or a filthy dolphin

  • @orestmarkheva7325

    @orestmarkheva7325

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@harbofdoom yikes

  • @jeffjohnson1966
    @jeffjohnson19664 жыл бұрын

    Loved it! I also recently got into The Expanse, and currently rewatching it because it was so good. Please make more videos about this series! I would love to hear American Ben's thoughts on the protomolecule

  • @GenerationFilms

    @GenerationFilms

    4 жыл бұрын

    Give me time to catch up! Maybe we will do this. Thanks for the note.

  • @jeffjohnson1966

    @jeffjohnson1966

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@GenerationFilms most definitely! Take all the time you need. Thanks for responding!

  • @jeanpaulantoine1206

    @jeanpaulantoine1206

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jeff Johnson do you mean protomolecule in general, or the protomolecule hybrids

  • @jeffjohnson1966

    @jeffjohnson1966

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jeanpaulantoine1206 in general. From introduction to current in all iterations

  • @althesilly
    @althesilly4 жыл бұрын

    10:02 Yah the author of the Martian knew about the radiation issue or as he as said, "Mark Watney cancer, would have had cancer" so there is a throwaway line in the book that the habitats and suits have radiation shielding, and continues on without explaining how that bit of sci-fi magic works. Never let a few facts get in the way of a good story.

  • @BreandanOCiarrai

    @BreandanOCiarrai

    3 жыл бұрын

    Honestly, bury the hab modules under a couple of meters of soil and they'd be far more secure against the radiation, which isn't a difficult or tech-heavy thing to do. Most of his exposure would be while outside

  • @thecocktailian2091

    @thecocktailian2091

    3 жыл бұрын

    That is, in fact, the one and only place where facts are just alternate options.

  • @midoribushi5331
    @midoribushi53313 жыл бұрын

    was looking for something new and love all things about space, and stumbled upon your channel. Loved the video, man. Entertaining and informative! Liked and subbed. Oh and the Expanse is awesome and they do so well at getting their science right!

  • @killcat1971
    @killcat19714 жыл бұрын

    What surprises me is that they haven't used genetic engineering to solve the problems, there are a few areas of technology that seem to be way too low.

  • @friedhelmchrist1547

    @friedhelmchrist1547

    4 жыл бұрын

    That is not quite right. From the Books we know, that at least Holden is to some degree genetically engineered, because he has 11 parents (actually i don't know the exact number, but he has a lot of them), and to achieve this, they must have some kind of genetic technology. Its hard to imagine, that during this process they wouldn't also make him "better". Also this technology seams to be somewhat exclusive to earthers and rich people.

  • @carlosdgutierrez6570

    @carlosdgutierrez6570

    4 жыл бұрын

    well, even with genetic engineering there is a limit, nothing can replace the good old gravity.

  • @joni1405

    @joni1405

    3 жыл бұрын

    There's a lot of genetic engineering in The Expanse, but there's limits to how much you can do. Clarissa Mao has implants that make her extremely strong in the short term but cause tiredness and fatigue after use. Any genetic engineering or implant would have unintended side effects

  • @killcat1971

    @killcat1971

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@joni1405 That doesn't sound like genetic engineering, more biotech, her genes weren't altered additional tissues were implanted.

  • @moalboris239

    @moalboris239

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah pretty much honestly I think the most likely future in space travel would be hard genetic enginnering. It would likely be a lot less expensive in the long run to slowly over time genetically engineer a human subspecies with high muscle density and constantly running hormones to fight against bone loss then it would be to do some high level terraforming or other grand projects like that. You just need to complete that once and you have a population that can produce more of itself.

  • @GeN56YoS
    @GeN56YoS4 жыл бұрын

    Martian marines deserved to be in thee best marines in science fiction video you guys did!

  • @leonardolf6974

    @leonardolf6974

    4 жыл бұрын

    WHO ARE WE? MMC! WHO ARE WE??? MMC!!!

  • @ls200076

    @ls200076

    3 жыл бұрын

    Weak. Earth is the best.

  • @dapeach06
    @dapeach064 жыл бұрын

    You absolutely should do more videos on The Expanse, but in them, you might want to actually talk about the TV show (and books), instead of spending 11 minutes talking about today's technology and NASA, and then one minute about The Expanse, there is actually a lot to analyze about the technology and Medicine in the show, rather than just saying "it's mostly correct". While it is one of the most scientifically accurate sci-fi shows ever, there is a lot that is debatable or even Incorrect, and is worth looking into, not to mention looking into the specific things that they do get right. Medlife Crisis did 2 great videos on the science of Belters and medicine in The Expanse

  • @chernobyl68
    @chernobyl684 жыл бұрын

    They live in low gravity, not zero gravity. they have constant acceleration ships for quick and efficient transportation around the system, which mimics gravity. the live within the rock of huge asteroids which are spun for rotational gravity on the interior surfaces. Large stations and Ships have spinning sections for rotational gravity. most births occur within a gravity field at ganymede, which also has a magnetic field.

  • @JFrazer4303

    @JFrazer4303

    9 ай бұрын

    Pure fantasy, in other words. We've known since the '70s NASA Ames / Stanford space settlement studies that we can take apart asteroids and small moons for materials to build space habitats for virtually Earth-like conditions. It's pure speculation to suggest that we can live long term in low Gravity. Its pure fantasy to have constant 1G acceleration ships.

  • @darrinhorowitz113
    @darrinhorowitz1133 жыл бұрын

    Good stuff, I like the expanse and love your commentary. More is a good idea.

  • @Crick1952
    @Crick19524 жыл бұрын

    I would definitely love more Expanse videos

  • @Raeinok
    @Raeinok4 жыл бұрын

    0 Gravity therapy for people with Scoliosis and other back problems.

  • @inquisitorwalmarius6650

    @inquisitorwalmarius6650

    3 жыл бұрын

    and deadly radiation when prolonged treatment is neede. unless you bring enough lead to make a whole treatment room and that would be poison. some people just cant win....

  • @tarkajedi3331
    @tarkajedi33314 жыл бұрын

    The best hard scfi show in the world))) Good job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @woodlanditguy2951
    @woodlanditguy29514 жыл бұрын

    Mars has at least less than half the exposure to GCR compared to open space due to half the sky is always covered by the planet. Mars is by far more hostile than earth when discussing radiation BUT is much safer than open space. Mars is even safer than the moon in that respect due to it having a weak atmosphere. The moon has not atmo and the moon dust is VERY caustic / heavily radio active. Mars dust is more granular due to the atmo eroding it into spheres instead of it being jagged little shards of death like what is on earth's moon.

  • @bobreil7464
    @bobreil74643 жыл бұрын

    This gentleman's indignant response to NASA in regards to the fact that his feces will never be shooting stars is my favorite part of this entire interview!

  • @3m3a3x3
    @3m3a3x33 жыл бұрын

    the Author of the Martian, Andy Weir, admitted that radiation shielding was one of the small hand-wavey things he included for the story to not be boring or even impossible. Such as the strength of the Storm at the beginning and the effectiveness of the ion drives of their ship. He said in the near future, where the story is set, a thin radiation shielding material would have been invented.

  • @g.williams2047

    @g.williams2047

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I just assumed about space radiation that NASA had solved it and it was essentially like seatbelts. Ubiquitous and non important.

  • @JFrazer4303

    @JFrazer4303

    9 ай бұрын

    Pure fantasy, in other words.

  • @miaththered
    @miaththered4 жыл бұрын

    We Just Don't Know Yet. Planets and smaller bodies don't have the microgravity that occurs between bodies; it's hard to say how we'd respond to Lunar or Martian or Ceresian gravity when we haven't been there for extended periods of time yet. Microgravity and less than 1G gravity aren't the same thing.

  • @PAWNB3YOND
    @PAWNB3YOND3 жыл бұрын

    "According to the mayonaise clinic"... Me: wait...rewind...did I hear that correctly?

  • @Venem1975
    @Venem19753 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos. And love The Expance... would like to see you cover more. And would love to see more seasons of The Expance...

  • @adarkwind4712
    @adarkwind47124 жыл бұрын

    Lol crazy I just finished binging the whole series yesterday.

  • @KKovacsUSN
    @KKovacsUSN4 жыл бұрын

    The Martian relies on a futuristic radiation shielding for suits and habitats.

  • @PracticeNine
    @PracticeNine4 жыл бұрын

    yes, pleas more about the expanse! it's an awesome show!

  • @wyatthord12
    @wyatthord124 жыл бұрын

    Love it. Lets see more

  • @ElJorro
    @ElJorro3 жыл бұрын

    A well researched essay!

  • @mastershangchi3410
    @mastershangchi34104 жыл бұрын

    I do like the expanse a lot. I am glad you guys are covering it.

  • @darkthing777
    @darkthing7774 жыл бұрын

    Please do more of these, the Expanse is Awesome

  • @Shatterwings060
    @Shatterwings0604 жыл бұрын

    ...umm, actually the reason they're so tall is cause they didn't take enough of a special " milk " that help compensate for bone density lost.

  • @BreandanOCiarrai

    @BreandanOCiarrai

    3 жыл бұрын

    Miller points this out in the pilot episode, and the OPA guy in the bar snarks back by pointing to Miller's own malformed spine due to his having gotten "cheap bone density juice". IIRC in the book they explain that the tall, gaunt rail thin belters aren't overly common due to extremely high mortality rates, dying in their 30s usually

  • @richyeilding4490
    @richyeilding44903 жыл бұрын

    everyone knows that belter bodies go back to normal as soon as your casting department runs out of money and can't find any 7 foot tall actors.

  • @dtgs4502
    @dtgs45024 жыл бұрын

    Every comment here should be shaming him for not mentioning centrifugal gravity.

  • @BreandanOCiarrai

    @BreandanOCiarrai

    3 жыл бұрын

    he's too busy obsessing over space-pee :D

  • @SnarkNSass
    @SnarkNSass3 жыл бұрын

    Just rando found you this morning. I've been watching The Expanse and wanted to see vids about it. Sub'd n always upthumb. PEACE

  • @pyotrkropotkin406
    @pyotrkropotkin4064 жыл бұрын

    I love the Expanse. If you keep making videos, I may subscribe. No promises.

  • @GenerationFilms

    @GenerationFilms

    4 жыл бұрын

    🤔 Tempting.

  • @dusanradin5868
    @dusanradin58684 жыл бұрын

    Belters rule,pasheng!

  • @publicserviceannouncements2103
    @publicserviceannouncements21034 жыл бұрын

    When you wish upon an astronauts feces.

  • @christopherfreeman1666

    @christopherfreeman1666

    3 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣😩

  • @Mitch1187211
    @Mitch11872113 жыл бұрын

    Did you not see the episode holden gets treated for extreme radiation? Apparently they have meds capable of dealing with all kinds of radiation poisoning. Making space travel much more likely.

  • @kingerz
    @kingerz3 жыл бұрын

    Incredibly good show and books

  • @marslance
    @marslance3 жыл бұрын

    Footage of Beverly Hills Ninja was the tipping point for me with this video. Nice choice! 😄

  • @gateauxq4604
    @gateauxq46043 жыл бұрын

    I don’t know why you didn’t point out the coolest part about Scott Kelly’s excellent adventure being so important-they had a control of sorts with his twin brother who is also an astronaut but was on earth for that same year! Medlife Crisis made a couple videos about The Expanse which are excellent. He’s a snarky nerdy british doctor so he’s got a few bona fixes 😉

  • @goodbodha
    @goodbodha3 жыл бұрын

    1. Rama style rotating cylinder to provide gravity. 2. Radiation protection best achieved by putting a decent layer of some shielding between the people and the outside space. Easiest way.... make the cylinder have 2 levels with the outer one being a large water tank. That water would be an excellent shield for radiation protection. Cap both ends of the cylinder with hubs that also have large water tanks. Also the water tanks would self seal if pierced and make it easy to find on the outside. Using those as the basic space colony is the way to go. The rub is making the structure strong enough to withstand the forces of slinging all that water around. The goal should be to rotate people into and out of these spaces to other tasks. The upside for this approach you can use the cylinders to provide growing food and other things where a modest gravity is helpful. As for Mars colonies... underground. Put the water on top. Lastly people will adapt to the environment. The real question is what environment would we create to adapt to. Low g as in .3 would have a significant impact on us, but it might be viable. Microgravity on the other hand seems like it wouldn't work. I'm betting we will aim for something as close to 1g as possible within the limitations of our technology. If we ever get a real mars colony with a large population they will likely seek to keep closer to the gravity they have adapted too. No matter what we will need significant radiation shielding not just for us, but for any food growing that we setup.

  • @JFrazer4303

    @JFrazer4303

    9 ай бұрын

    Make the hull of the habitat 1.5 meter thick reinforced concrete. Metals like steel is in the form of cables which is the strongest lightest form it takes in structural engineering, and the rest is sand and minerals that are like dirt on asteroids. Built-in radiation shielding and hefty micrometeorite shell. If that's not enough, a non-spinning shield off simple sand can be built arbitrarily large around a spinning habitat. It's pure speculation that we'll be OK in low G. We have no data at all. Since the '70s NASA space settlement studies it's known that we can build things like the "Stanford Torus" habitat.

  • @bradhemak8128
    @bradhemak81283 жыл бұрын

    OMFG mayonnaise clinic is funniest flippin' joke. A+, well done. 10/10. Would recommend.

  • @manosbaroulakis9446
    @manosbaroulakis94464 жыл бұрын

    Hell yeah do more about it

  • @ZFlyingVLover
    @ZFlyingVLover2 жыл бұрын

    If belters lived on oneil cylinders that was parked next to the planet or area they we exploiting THEN they could always return from 'mining' and recuperate in an earthlike environment complete with gravity. That said , this sort of artificial gravity requires a fairly large cylinder to be built so it be like moving a cruise ship not like the millenium falcon. In fact, one of those Cylinders could be considered a 'nation' instead since you'd have to defend it because without it the belter would seriously be screwed.

  • @pranavsingh5666
    @pranavsingh56664 жыл бұрын

    Oh video on The Expanse. Like.

  • @Tonydjjokerit
    @Tonydjjokerit4 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Keep up the good work .On the aforementioned problems,I'm sure technology can solve those problems,i.e. Nanotech to protect the body from"alien" pathogens!

  • @jedijc5411
    @jedijc54114 жыл бұрын

    The Expanse...... AKA....... Live Action Mobile Suit Gundam Without the Brats, Kids, Teenagers, & (Unfortunately) Mobile Suits.

  • @Zood94

    @Zood94

    4 жыл бұрын

    Soon Belters will born the first new type, because their souls isn't weighed down by gravity

  • @donalny

    @donalny

    4 жыл бұрын

    They do have power armor, fir what that is worth

  • @marrqi7wini54

    @marrqi7wini54

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@donalny Martian Recon Marines. Quite a nice suit.

  • @im_aleey

    @im_aleey

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sieg Zion.

  • @ls200076

    @ls200076

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@marrqi7wini54 shame they are martians

  • @vomothytigan5377
    @vomothytigan53772 жыл бұрын

    I just finished watching the Expanse I LOVE IT SO DAMN MUCH! it's amazing, and even though there is a lot of stuff that they have to bend and ignore in order to make the show happen, the amount of detail and scientific accuracy that they portray is so astonishing I can forgive the small things that aren't possible.

  • @jurajsintaj6644

    @jurajsintaj6644

    Жыл бұрын

    The books are even better, because they actually have explanations for many things that aren't explained in the series

  • @devinmounce1838
    @devinmounce18383 жыл бұрын

    This is the best show ever.

  • @IdleLancer
    @IdleLancer4 жыл бұрын

    On NASA website... "Narrated by Billy Dee Williams." Yes please.

  • @chrisbritt4266
    @chrisbritt42664 жыл бұрын

    I've never seen the expanse but the video was certainly very interesting

  • @Riceball01

    @Riceball01

    4 жыл бұрын

    If you have Amazon Prime and like (hard) sci-fi it's a must watch.

  • @vindicare9636
    @vindicare96364 жыл бұрын

    Earth comes first!!!

  • @wchi8391

    @wchi8391

    4 жыл бұрын

    Vindicare Always!

  • @billabong_bogan
    @billabong_bogan4 жыл бұрын

    Garret reisman was recently on Joe rogan and he spoke about how accurate the expanse was, would recommend it (made this comment before watching to 3:28 feels bad lol)

  • @bendover2684

    @bendover2684

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah you should feel Bad If you Just skip to the comments immediatly to give your 2 Cents , why do you watch the Video at all, If it aint interesting , Just for self confirmation?

  • @Jason-qi4ie
    @Jason-qi4ie4 жыл бұрын

    I could be wrong here but i seem to recall that krypton had a very high gravity and this is why superman was so strong and could fly. ha, don't mind me just brainstorming.. but it could make for an interesting video/discussion... if a person born on a high gravity planet came to earth.. would they be super human?

  • @ralterdrake556

    @ralterdrake556

    4 жыл бұрын

    Maybe... or they might bounce around and flail about just like we do on the moon.

  • @kuif234

    @kuif234

    4 жыл бұрын

    High gravity in Krypton and a different biology that allows them to absorb solar radiation gives Superman and other kryptonians their powers. But mostly that

  • @self-satisfiedsmirk5544

    @self-satisfiedsmirk5544

    4 жыл бұрын

    In a roundabout way, yes. Look at how astronauts moved about on the moon. If a person that still possessed the same genetic characteristics of us modern-day humans was born on, or at least spent a good amount of time on an exo-planet or other celestial body that had a gravitational pull stronger than Earth's, came to Earth, they would be comparatively stronger and faster than a human who had been on Earth their entire lives, excluding individuals who underwent specialized training in simulated, harsher conditions. But, the difference in physical capability wouldn't be so immense that it looked like it was ripped from the pages of a superhero comic because such an environment would need to still be within a certain margin to allow humans to survive there indefinitely. Moreover, some people tend to overlook that, if the hypothetical individual who came from a "high-gravity" environment were to remain on Earth for a prolonged or indefinite period of time, their entire physiology would adapt to the comparatively lower levels of stress the planet placed on them. They'd lose whatever physical advantage they once had. The same principle applies for humans born on Earth who went to any environment with a lower gravity than Earth's.

  • @self-satisfiedsmirk5544

    @self-satisfiedsmirk5544

    4 жыл бұрын

    However, if you were referring to humans who had colonized another planet or celestial body and, over time, had evolved to be better suited for whatever alien environment they settled into, then them coming back to Earth for extended periods of time would probably be even more detrimental to their health because their physical requirements are fundamentally different. But, I can't honestly speak on this hypothetical too much because there are to many unknown variables and guesswork involved, both in regards to the types of pressures the different environment would place on these colonists and how the human body would/could adapt to them.

  • @futeramonfuturamet4830

    @futeramonfuturamet4830

    Жыл бұрын

    @Ralter Drake - I'm sure the Apollo astronauts floundered on the Moon is because their spacesuits were top heavy.

  • @harbofdoom
    @harbofdoom4 жыл бұрын

    Wow 259th line of defense you’re higher than thought I was thinking low 700s 🤣

  • @jaredhiggs9316
    @jaredhiggs93164 жыл бұрын

    You got to do more talk about the expanse

  • @thecrimsonfire4921
    @thecrimsonfire49213 жыл бұрын

    I haven’t even seen the show but I love hearing about it and the science of it

  • @dreamjanus1177
    @dreamjanus11773 жыл бұрын

    Of course, the information given in the video relates directly to someone who has a short time in space (less than a year). The Martians and Belters have been there for around 100 years, roughly 4 or 5 generations. Add to that the early Belters were given faulty or substandard equipment (the reason for the tattoos). This does not even include those of the Luna base. If the Belters came from those on Luna, then they would have at least another generation of space-based living.

  • @ojisanhoward8940
    @ojisanhoward89404 жыл бұрын

    I would like to know more!

  • @earthman6700
    @earthman67004 жыл бұрын

    I love space travel, I enjoy whizzing around the Sun. 🤗

  • @moguldamongrel3054

    @moguldamongrel3054

    4 жыл бұрын

    I like space locusts. Their always looking for planets to call home only to be chased off when they turn out to be shit heads! Over And Over And Over Again

  • @jeffbenefiel2676
    @jeffbenefiel26764 жыл бұрын

    Oh, one more point. Zero G causes nausea early on, eventually you'll get used to it, we've known this since Apollo program. In the books the Belters are all growing bathtub cannabis, and cannabis is a great anti nausea treatment, probably not an accident.

  • @_lime.
    @_lime.3 жыл бұрын

    The thing is we have a fairly good idea of all the negative effects of zero g on the human body, however we really don't know if these effects are caused by zero g or just lower than earth g. The only time we've had people spend any real time in micro gravity is the Apollo missions, where the longest time spent on the moon was 75 hours, a little over 3 days. This is the whole reason behind the Artemis mission which is currently in development, this is the new mission to set up a moon base, which is partnered with a bunch of commercial enterprises, such as SpaceX. If a base is set up we can have people spend days or even months in micro gravity. The hope is that many of the harmful effects of zero g are remedied by having at least a little gravity. For example blood won't spread out through your body if there is still some gravity pulling it down. It's also worth noting that in The Expanse, most belters live in low gravity but no zero gravity, the one dude they showed specifically was mentioned as having spent a lot of time on ships and floating around in zero g. Also due to the development of the Epstein Drive, in The Expanse, vacuum capable rocket engines are very efficient, this allows them to be constantly accelerating or decelerating while traveling in space, and thus they can produce either low, or even earth like, gravity during a voyage. The physics are completely correct on this, we just don't have engines efficient enough to really do this.

  • @indolent_canadian1759
    @indolent_canadian17593 жыл бұрын

    video:you get taller in space short people:im going to be astronaut

  • @jeffreycarman2185
    @jeffreycarman21853 жыл бұрын

    The ships in the Expanse accelerate continuously at approximately 1 G and the decks are oriented perpendicular to the drive engine so as the ship it accelerating, and decelerating at approximately 1 G the spacefarers would be exposed to some manner of gravity with some regulatory. The space stations also rotate and the centrifugal force could also simulate gravity. However, if Belters are spending extended periods in deep space at certain locations (for example mining an asteroid) or if they don’t have ships that can accelerate to 1 G, then they would be more reliant on future medicines to live something close to normal human lifespans.

  • @cerberus6654
    @cerberus66543 жыл бұрын

    Well, in the early 1800's when the first steam-driven trains appeared it was thought that moving faster than 30 miles per hour would kill a person.

  • @ebee-uz1oz
    @ebee-uz1oz4 жыл бұрын

    the actor who plays Magnum / Diablo (Suicide squad) is in this show? didn't know that.

  • @harshachavan4166
    @harshachavan41663 жыл бұрын

    Hey can you make a video on Tron light small jets??

  • @MrDagonFire
    @MrDagonFire3 жыл бұрын

    I love you American Ben... no I really really love you!

  • @Robin-yn3jw
    @Robin-yn3jw4 жыл бұрын

    Was starting to wonder why you weren't covering The Expanse.

  • @38dragoon38
    @38dragoon383 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Long-term zero gravity turns you into a Ramone!

  • @speakeroftheassembly3680
    @speakeroftheassembly36804 жыл бұрын

    Me ,my mom and my family love the show.we watch it all the time

  • @peterhajba1318
    @peterhajba13183 жыл бұрын

    We haven't experimented how gestation works out in zero gravity, or how someone who grows from baby to adult in zero gravity will grow up and turn out. I presume the outcome would be quite different from an Earth gravity full-grown going to zero gravity. Oh. Turns out that mouse embryos fail to develop in zero gravity. Belters having babies sounds like a challenge then.

  • @kriysixvector4552
    @kriysixvector45524 жыл бұрын

    Earth must come first!

  • @Connor.SG-1Ring
    @Connor.SG-1Ring4 жыл бұрын

    Being a Belter would really suck.

  • @aviddavid8793
    @aviddavid87933 жыл бұрын

    1:55 *Instant Sub* The Emperor approves.

  • @smity739
    @smity7394 жыл бұрын

    Belters might be the very VERY bottom of the barrel, but they are still better then the xeno...if just barely.

  • @L.J.Kommer
    @L.J.Kommer3 жыл бұрын

    5:13 Ol' Ben changed his opinions on going to space really quick.

  • @lorensims4846
    @lorensims48464 жыл бұрын

    "The show's writers"?! Um, the books' writers who are working very closely with the show's producers and researched every aspect of this 'world' for a very long time before they gave up on the idea of writing an MMORPG and just do a series of novels. I'm skeptical that we can ever live long-term on Mars. Not only the pervasive cosmic radiation you mention but the gravity is just not strong enough for long-term human health. I think we'd be better off trying to colonize Venus, whose gravity is almost the same as ours. The atmosphere is crazy deadly, but at a mile up the air pressure is the same as sea-level on Earth and nitrogen and oxygen are lifting gasses in that oppressive atmosphere. Floating cities would be easy. You just need a breathing suit to go outside. In The Expanse there was a scandalously fraud-ridden land-rush for 'floating cities' that kept colonization tied up in the courts for years because the writers had other ideas of how to use Venus. Also they have lots of 'future' drugs to help humans acclimate to low gravity and to cure cancer just like the 'juice' that is automatically injected into them so they can handle high Gs.

  • @gateauxq4604

    @gateauxq4604

    3 жыл бұрын

    Can’t live on Venus, its not there anymore.

  • @BOYVIRGO666

    @BOYVIRGO666

    3 жыл бұрын

    It is possible to terraform mars. I have seen a few papers on the ways to do it. But they would all take at least decades and trillions of dollars. More realistically over a century of work and technology we just dont have yet but that we know is 'doable'. From what im told most of it comes down to materials. we need a better material like carbon nano tubes to survive some of the stuff we need to b able to do like space elevators and we need a better way to radiation shield until we can do long term terraforming(which we even know how to do now but it is such a bad idea on earth that no one would bother)

  • @joshuacoleman8814

    @joshuacoleman8814

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@BOYVIRGO666 Might sound crazy but the quickest way I've heard of to adjust Mars atmosphere would be a large scale nuclear strike on the planet, especially around the ice caps. Though that doesn't solve other problems and has problems of its own.

  • @piercepayumo4212
    @piercepayumo42124 жыл бұрын

    OPA: BELTALOWDA!!!

  • @Mike-ul1xn
    @Mike-ul1xn3 жыл бұрын

    the part I don't get is how there is so much linguistic drift in a post digital age. Video and audio media, communication and records would pretty put a halt to this

  • @luisston
    @luisston3 жыл бұрын

    We need that artificial gravity ASAP. Kakkarot won’t defeat himself.

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