Saw this on the main page, watched it and I actually had to double check that this was a new show and that I hadn't just been missing out for a while.
Usually the newer shows take a while to hit their stride while Escapists...helpfully "encourage" the creators (by making them run a gauntlet of bile, fire and aversion to change) but this was so well put together, with the spliced in footage and great title sequence, that I think you might already be there right out of the gate. Impressive. The writing and pacing were very well done and it flowed nicely.
I'm really quite surprised that there aren't more comments here yet; science, humour and news are usually a big hits separately so I was expecting more people here in the comments.
Regardless, credit where credit is due, very well done. A lot of effort clearly went into this and it paid off.
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Cosmic distances always make me laugh. 600,000 miles being relatively 'close' is pretty mind boggling. That live feed does sound interesting, hopefully I won't forget about it.
I saw those tumbleweed lookalike mine-clearing-things back when they were being kickstarted and thought it was a pretty neat idea. I'm glad to see that it's actually made it into production. I'm curious about why the designer is using bamboo spokes though, guessing it's to do with some form of weight to strength to cost ratio.
As for that last story, it's an...I'd like to say "an elegant solution" but I just can't bring myself to use the word elegant in combination with a solution that basically involves plastering the walls with poop...I think I'll say..."a novel solution".