Chapter 234: Chapter 181: New Propulsion Technology and
Dyson Membrane_2
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As the vehicle moved away from the Solar System and entered deep space, the ubiquitous cosmic background radiation could also be absorbed by the small Dyson membrane, providing the basic energy for propulsion.
In theory, humans now have the ability to roam freely throughout the entire Milky Way Galaxy.
If they had a longer lifespan and stronger construction capabilities, and consumed even more resources from several star systems like the Solar System, they could even build a suitable space for large-scale habitation and construct a complete aerospace social system. Then, humans could set their sights on other major galaxies beyond the Milky Way, spreading like locusts throughout the universe.
These were all beautiful visions.
After half a day, the shuttle quickly crossed the large entrance of the Dyson membrane, jumped over Uranus Orbit, and arrived at the space where the Nora Camp Fleet was stationed, docking with the flagship.
Nora Camp led a group of people onto the flagship, turned around, and instructed: “Apart from Harrison Clark, Daniel Thompson, and Marthus, everyone else will go to their assigned positions on their respective battleships where the veterans will familiarize you with your posts. Dr. Owen and technologists such as Scott, head to the laboratory in The Main Ship, continue scientific research work and be responsible for the fleet’s daily technical support.”
The rest of the group hastily turned and left.
Once on the fleet, Nora Camp seemed to become a different person, appearing more decisive and influential in front of others.
“Daniel Thompson, you’ll be the captain of the third Morrowind Vertical Formation on the flagship. Marthus will join your Vertical Formation, you go
as well.”
Lion and Marthus left too.
Only Harrison Clark remained, pointing to himself, “What about me?”
“You will serve as my personal security officer. However, most of the time, I won’t need you, so you can arrange your own schedule. However, when I need you…”
She blinked and sauntered away.
She had just returned to the fleet, and there were many things to deal with.
Harrison Clark rolled his eyes, powerless to retort.
This blatant favoritism was really infuriating.
Whatever, this way he could relax.
He simply planned to return to his security officer’s exclusive cabin to listen to some music and communicate with the project teams in Science City.
He didn’t know if the security officer’s position was really that high or if he had inadvertently been given special privileges, but his living cabin was quite large, nearly 100 square meters, with all kinds of facilities and a well-organized layout.
He even had a dedicated room for accommodating the bulky Infinite
Awakening device.
This was on a battleship where space was quite scarce.
Sitting down on the soft sofa and having his Al assistant prepare a cup of warm atomically synthesized Jamaica Blue Mountain, Harrison Clark scanned the numerous communication requests that had piled up in his personal inbox.
He ignored them all for now.
First, he listened to music for two hours, especially revisiting the song titled “Across the Starry Sky” that he particularly liked. It was only then that he emerged from his immersion in the world of music.
“Lucia, remove the visual barrier. I want to see the stars outside.
His living cabin’s lounge was located on the edge of the flagship, offering the best view of the starry sky.
As the light curtain projection that had blocked his view gradually scattered, he saw the scenery outside.
Harrison Clark’s living room window faced towards the sun.
Looking back from here, it was hard to distinguish the planets such as Earth, Mars, and Jupiter with the naked eye – all he could see was the sun, the size of a clenched fist, surrounded by a faint, colorful halo.
The sun wasn’t dazzling.
Originally, looking back at the Sun from deep space wouldn’t show a colorful halo.
The reason it appeared that way was that the Dyson membrane, which was enveloped between Saturn’s Orbit and Uranus Orbit, had diffused some of the sunlight. When this scattered light reached the human eye outside the Dyson membrane, it created the stunningly brilliant and variable colorful halo resembling a soap bubble.
Harrison Clark couldn’t help but admire it.
The Dyson membrane was a remarkably great technology.
Your Uncle was still your Uncle in the end.
Five hundred years ago, Sergey was already so powerful that he had proposed the complete design concept of the Dyson membrane. It took more than two centuries for later generations to fully digest and transform it into reality.
In many science fiction works near the 21st century, whether novels or movres, the concept of the Dyson Sphere often appeared.
However, in reality, with the resources available within the Solar System, there wouldn’t be enough metal and semiconductor materials to build a Dyson Sphere large enough to envelop the Sun.
Even if there were enough materials, humans would not have that much time to construct such a massive metal structure.
The time needed for that was not calculated in years, but in hundreds of thousands or millions of years.
The genius Sergey came up with an incredibly brilliant idea.
Since metal and semiconductor materials were not an option, and neither were human construction capabilities, why not use biological materials?
We can create a non-intelligent membrane-like lifeform, and let it grow into a Dyson membrane on its own!
The problem, which initially belonged to Material Science and Energy Science, was suddenly shifted by Sergey into a biological context.
The root of all ideas was returned to the most primitive level.
Plants.
Photosynthesis.
Quantum physics.
Quantum biology.
Wave-particle duality of light, proposed by Einstein as early as the 20th century.
In the perception of Type I to Type II civilizations, all energy in the universe can seemingly be classified into countless categories, but their essence is the same: waves. Simultaneously, when these energy waves exhibit regular motion, they transform into matter.
The ultimate nature of all sources of energy, such as light, radiation, heat, and electricity, are waves..
