{"id":231397,"date":"2026-02-15T13:10:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T19:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/how-real-is-the-expanses-fusion-drive-scifi-explained"},"modified":"2026-02-15T13:10:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T19:10:01","slug":"how-real-is-the-expanses-fusion-drive-scifi-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/how-real-is-the-expanses-fusion-drive-scifi-explained","title":{"rendered":"How Real Is The Expanse\u2019s Fusion Drive? | SciFi Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/how-real-is-the-expanses-fusion-drive-scifi-explained2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i-fWX3gSPf0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/9699306\/join\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/9699306\/join<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-8G5xVNXvt7eQKzeFWr9Vw\/join.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-8G5xVNXvt7eQKzeFWr9Vw\/join.\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-8G5xVNXvt7eQKzeFWr9Vw\/join.<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I thought it was about time that we got excited by some clever use of science in fiction. We may not be able to build a Rocinante tomorrow but all the elements are based on real science that we have been able to demonstrate.<br \/> No breaking the laws of physics here!! A fairly unique thing for this channel.<\/p>\n<p>Keep an eye out for the shorts series which will go into a bit more detail on some of these topics. And if you want to know more about fission based propulsion then join the nerd club through YouTube memberships or on Patreon.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for watching, stay nerdy!<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/> 00:00 \u2014 The best science in fiction.<br \/> 04:20 \u2014 Solomons test flight.<br \/> 06:42 \u2014 It is rocket science!<br \/> 10:26 \u2014 Nuclear reactions.<br \/> 16:47 \u2014 Fusion.<br \/> 21:00 \u2014 The challenges.<br \/> 25:47 \u2014 Is anyone building it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/9699306\/join. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-8G5xVNXvt7eQKzeFWr9Vw\/join. I thought it was about time that we got excited by some clever use of science in fiction. We may not be able to build a Rocinante tomorrow but all the elements are based on real science that we have been able to demonstrate. No breaking the laws of physics here!! A fairly [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[219],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}