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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress reference?

That was my first thought. I haven't seen The Expanse, but in any case, Heinlein preceded The Expanse by decades.

Science Fiction Science Fiction? It gets a bit meta there...

but yeah, something something, shoulders of giants.

The Expanse authors got it from Heinlein, which was what I was referencing ;)

...no?

In The Expanse it was rocks from the belt coated in "stolen" Mars stealth material.

Luna's a UN colony, practically on Earth's doorstep, not a beligerent.

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is the reference.