Conventional Wisdom

I have no idea if any of this is scientifically accurate, but it SOUNDS plausible enough that I wouldn’t question it being used in a story. And isn’t “more or less plausible sounding at the moment” what all good Science Fiction strives for?

…heck, it’s better than I can manage with most of MY stuff.

(Historical Notes: If it’s not clear, these are the two creators of the webcomic Star Power, which is how they got an anime convention to give them a room to just sort of ramble on about space-related stuff for an hour.)