The heart of the series I think is the right place, but it seems in their need to give the series human gravitas they bent some the rules of communication, Im not an expert but some lag should be show cased when communications are concerned, the human relations of the characters are well made, I only wished they did not bent the rules of communication on such long distances to make the interactions "better" I think they may have done that for sake of streamlining the story, but it diminished the realism of the show, and in doing so they broke part of my suspension of disbelief, Im only 2 eps in, so maybe the communications will lag more as they approach Mars, if they dont then... yeah that's quite the mistake.
So many series add horror elements or unnecessary problems to space travel (which also make me brake my suspension of disbelieve), and they do that to make the story "better" or more exiting, it seems its really hard for the creators of this type of series to not add this kind of things, and Im glad this series does not fall into that category, if they didn't not had screwed he communication lag I would have rated the series higher.
I hope the series improve as the eps go by, I want to see more of this type of grounded scifi series.
So many series add horror elements or unnecessary problems to space travel (which also make me brake my suspension of disbelieve), and they do that to make the story "better" or more exiting, it seems its really hard for the creators of this type of series to not add this kind of things, and Im glad this series does not fall into that category, if they didn't not had screwed he communication lag I would have rated the series higher.
I hope the series improve as the eps go by, I want to see more of this type of grounded scifi series.