Chapter 636 Transforming Venus
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spn Ever since Hatton and the battleship production line arrived on Earth, Zhang Shusheng felt a long sigh of relief. The shipyard in outer space was also entering the final stage, and his attention was temporarily shifted to another major event.
As the mother river system of the empire, it is too rare to have only one living planet, so Zhang Shusheng proposed the plan to transform Venus a year ago and personally led the team to conduct some preliminary demonstration work.
In 1953, a work conference on transforming Venus was held in the newly completed Hanking Mountain Science and Technology Committee Office Center. Since it did not involve government-level work for the time being, all participants except Zhang Shusheng were full-time scientific and technological workers.
Venus is one of the eight planets in the solar system. Taking the sun and the earth as reference objects, the order from near to far is the sun-Mercury-Venus-Earth.
Except for Mercury, which occasionally plays a recurring role, it is the planet closest to the earth and was the famous Taibai Venus in ancient times.[
In the conference room, Professor Dewey, the leader of the working group on terraforming Venus and an expert on planetary terraforming, was speaking. Because some of the experts here did not attend the earliest project establishment meeting, he spoke in a simple and easy-to-understand manner, starting from scratch.
"The gravity level of Venus is not much different from that of the Earth, and it is close to the Earth in terms of volume and mass.
However, its transformation work also faces several major difficulties."
Professor Dewey is not very old. He started to receive new education in the 1930s. He did not learn old education when he was a child, but started with virtual education.
"First, the rotation speed of Venus is very slow. It takes 243 days for it to rotate once. It is exposed to sunlight for too long, which directly causes its temperature to be too high.
Moreover, its slow rotation directly causes its planet's magnetic field to be very weak and cannot deflect the solar wind, causing water to be decomposed into hydrogen and oxygen elements.
The rotation caused the temperature to be too high, and the early atmosphere was destroyed..."
While Professor Dewey was talking, Zhang Shusheng was also thinking seriously. The situation of Venus sounds complicated. In fact, it only involves a few aspects.
First of all, because of the core of the planet, it rotates in the opposite direction. Other planets in the solar system rotate from west to east. But its rotation is from east to west. In other words, the sun seen on Venus rises in the west and sets in the east.
And its rotation is extremely slow. This results in long sunshine hours, directly affects the magnetic field, and ultimately affects the composition of the atmosphere.
In addition, the temperature of Venus is extremely high, reaching as high as four to five hundred degrees. Needless to say, this temperature is absolutely unsuitable for human habitation. To transform it, lowering the temperature is a necessary step.
Except for the temperature, its atmosphere is almost like a pot lid composed mainly of carbon dioxide. It suffocates Venus and turns the entire planet into a microwave oven.
"In general, if we want to transform Venus, we need to solve the following difficulties.
First, the rotation speed of Venus. Second, the atmosphere of Venus. Third, the problem of receiving too much heat from the sun. Fourth, oxygen and water.
As long as these problems can be solved, the others won’t be a problem.”
Professor Dewey could not restrain his excitement. Just thinking about transforming the planet made people excited.
It is similar to taking a spaceship to sail into the stars and conquer the universe. Transforming the planet is equally great.
Unlike those who scold farmers for transforming the earth, transforming Venus will definitely be a great achievement that will affect tens of millions of years. Once successful, I don’t know how many Chinese people will benefit from it.
What a wonderful thing it would be if the mother river system could have one more living planet or two more living planets.[
If you want to live on Earth, live on Earth. If you want to buy a house on Venus, live on Venus.
While making the report, Dewey's mind was occupied with two things, and beautiful visions for the future flashed through his mind. His IQ was also very high, so he was not afraid of distractions.
Among the people present, even Zhang Shusheng was also slightly excited.
Transforming Venus, once successful, will surely bless future generations.
"Your Majesty, colleagues, we have been doing theoretical preparations and some experimental work throughout the year, and the results are in the documents in front of you. We ask your Majesty to tell you personally about this grand plan."
After Dewey finished explaining the cause and effect, he did not continue. Instead, he asked everyone to look at the document and let His Majesty speak.
Zhang Shusheng did not hesitate and let everyone read the documents for a few minutes before saying, "In the past, transforming the planet was an unimaginable thing, but now, after seeing the documents in hand, everyone should be able to understand that this is not a dream.
, but a truly implementable plan..."
Just like the project establishment a year ago, Zhang Shusheng explained his general idea and combined it with the documents he had just seen. Among the people present, even Dewey, who knew the inside story best, couldn't help but beam with joy.
Zhang Shusheng's plan sounds complicated, but it is actually very simple.
According to his vision, all transformation plans must be based on accelerating the rotation of Venus.
If we assume that the rotation period is still 243 days, then it is almost impossible for a person to get up based on the rising sun and wait for the sun to go down to sleep.
How to speed up the rotation period?
By sending a scientific research vessel to collect data on Venus, and then using his brain to conduct planet modeling analysis, Zhang Shusheng discovered that the reason for Venus's slow rotation sounds complicated, but is actually simple.
The fundamental reason is that the mass distribution of the planet Venus is different from that of the Earth, and even different from that of several major planets in the solar system.
The huge difference in density distribution between the inner and outer sides of the planet leads to its reverse rotation and slow rotation.
Through planet modeling and analyzing its density distribution, Zhang Shusheng believes that a combination approach can be used, first using modified large-scale energy cannons to bombard certain areas of its surface, and then using meteorites or asteroids to impact certain key locations on its surface.
can transform its density distribution.
Change a little and move the whole body.
Zhang Shusheng does not want to completely change its density distribution. He only needs to break the weird balance to greatly change its rotation.
This method seems exaggerated, but it is not difficult to implement.
According to the precise calculation and control of the intelligent brain, the bombardment position of the energy cannon can be achieved with maximum accuracy.
Meteorites and asteroids are not difficult either. You only need to install a disposable energy engine on the meteorite or asteroid. Since it is disposable and the precision requirements are not so high, it only needs to be simple and crude, and the angle can be accurate.
As long as it can be controlled, the cost is not expensive. Zhang Shusheng can choose to purchase it from outside or exchange it, which is not expensive.
This kind of energy engine is used a lot in planetary transformation.[
Modify the meteorite or asteroid into its own flying state, and then hit Venus at a precise angle. When the density structure changes, the rotation speed will be greatly accelerated.
It's like a globe. It originally stood still or rotated slowly. Now you only need to use a small force to pull on the surface of the globe to speed up the rotation.
And because the density structure has changed, the weird balance before no longer exists, and the rotating Venus will no longer slow down, but will have a new balanced rotation period.
"We can see from the data calculated by the brain that if we adopt this combined transformation method, we can shorten the rotation time of Venus to 24 days. A reduction of tens to hundreds of times."
Zhang Shusheng said affirmatively, and at the same time turned on the 3D projection on the conference table. With the help of Intelligent Brain, a virtual 3D video appeared.
"Look everyone!"
In the image, a slowly rotating planet is Venus.
A battleship has its main guns aimed at it.
On the screen, with a bang, the battleship's modified main gun had opened fire, first hitting a huge bright spot on Venus, and then, the similarly modified secondary gun also fired continuously, hitting several other bright spots.
Judging from the data calculated by the brain, after this round of calculated and precise direct fire, the overall density structure balance of Venus has been broken, and the rotation index has increased at a visible speed.
The next moment, the scene changed, and numerous meteorites appeared in the outer space of Venus.
Dozens of huge meteorites, including two small moons much smaller than the moon.
Driven by the energy engine, these meteorites and small satellites rushed towards several shining points on the surface of Venus at super high speeds. (Today's man-made astronomical objects can sail at high speeds only by relying on backward fuel or even solar sails.
, the energy engine is too powerful.)
Next, those few bright spots were hit by meteorites or small satellites one by one.
Unlike energy cannons that directly fire to change the geological structure of certain key locations, thereby changing the density structure balance of the entire planet, under the earth-shattering physical impact, Venus, an old lady, suddenly self-destructed as if suddenly given a shot of chicken blood.
Spin it up.
It was like a huge globe that had been shaken violently.
"123..."
On the 3 virtual screen demonstrated by Zhi Nao, the rotation index of Venus has increased rapidly. Even the naked eye can see that the virtual planet has become faster, and it is getting faster and faster.
When the rotation index, which accurately represents the rotation, stabilized, everyone discovered that the rotation period of Venus had changed from about 243 days to 35 days.
"Pa bang bang..."
Violent applause rang out in the conference room. All the participants, including Dewey, were so excited that they could no longer bear the enthusiasm in their hearts. They stood up and applauded violently.
"Your Majesty, that's great, it's really great. If this test can be successful in actual operation, then we have absolute confidence that we can overcome the next few other difficulties."
A new geological structure scientist who joined the project team said loudly.
"Liang Guangping, didn't you see in the document that there are preliminary intentions to solve several other difficulties? Hahaha, if the rotation can be reduced, I, a worker in atmospheric science, will also have a role to play."
Another expert in the field of atmosphere also read the document about the plan to modify the atmosphere and couldn't help but marvel. Everyone knows that, as His Majesty said, the key to modifying Venus is to modify its poor rotation.
Now that they have seen the simulation experiment demonstrated by Intelligent Brain, everyone can't help but marvel.
This is definitely a very grand idea, but unlike wishful thinking, it has an absolute theoretical basis and is very feasible.
Zhang Shusheng smiled and pressed his hands, motioning for everyone to be quiet, and said, "Everyone, I think you are also very concerned about the next few transformation methods. Let's take a look at the other transformation steps demonstrated by Zhinao."
Chapter completed!