[troutman]

Gravity is a Real Bitch: Hard Science Fiction in 'The Expanse'

https://filmschoolrejects.com/the-expanse/

Ships, on the other hand, are designed like high-rise buildings to take advantage of thrust gravity; aerodynamics are mostly irrelevant in the resistance-free vacuum of space. Imagine the basement of the high-rise is the engine. The thrust that it creates pushes the ship forward, and anything loose within the ship (including people) would be “pulled” down onto the floors in a semblance of gravity. The faster the ship accelerates, the heavier the gravity there is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_...t_acceleration

https://www.technologyreview.com/202...vity-in-space/

If you’re accelerating at a fast enough rate to produce a constant 1 g, then sure, you’ll be able to create artificial, Earth-like gravity. From Earth’s frame of reference, if you’re accelerating at a constant rate of 1 g, then you’d reach near the speed of light in about a year, having covered about 0.5 light-years in distance.

https://www.wired.com/story/how-fast...n-the-expanse/