Hot Wavelength

Chapter 13 (Fire Moon 1): Veins
6500 million years ago, the Victoria wetlands on Earth
Last night, Nikola Tesla and Maria barely slept a wink, embracing each other tightly and having so much to say.

More than 80 years have passed, and after a long separation, the reunion is all the more precious.

The two men and Abbott's breakfast began late, and it was nearly noon when they finished. The three sat around the table, and Abbott said:

"I've been thinking about your Earth terraforming plan all night, and I think it makes a lot of sense. Now, let me tell you about your Mars plan."

Tesla paused for a moment, then said, "Erecting a tower 18 kilometers high on the equator of Venus, injecting superluminal energy, would cause the Earth's crust to bulge. We do this on Earth to change the landscape, but it won't work on Mars."

Abbott nodded and said, "Yes, Mars is the first place in your plan for humans to land on Venus. The lesson from Venus tells us that if a superluminal power station is erected on the equator of any planet, and at the same time, there is intense geological activity, it will greatly affect human survival."

Maria said, "Nikolai, don't you have an external brain connected to the Lightning Ball? It can help you think more deeply."

"The Lightning Ball isn't a panacea; it's built on big data and logical reasoning. It simply improves my thinking speed and provides more options and decision-making solutions."

"The external brain connected to the lightning ball is more rational than the human brain. In most cases, it guides my thinking to the optimal choice, but sometimes it can also cause my thinking to get stuck on a paragraph or even a single word."

Abbott asked eagerly, "You mean the optimal construction plan for the Mars power station is stuck on a single word?"

"Yes, the word is VESSEL, which means container, but I don't understand what the container has to do with the construction plan for the Mars power station."

“VESSEL doesn’t just mean container. I’m in the medical field, and in medical terminology, Blood Vessel means blood vessel. Doctors find it too complicated, so VESSEL can also directly refer to blood vessel. But its more accurate meaning is the stem tube in animals and plants that transports nutrients, also known as a vascular tract.”

VESSEL, a blood vessel? What does this have to do with the Mars superluminal power station? Nikola Tesla and Abbott fell into deep thought, then shook their heads helplessly.

The weather was clear, and the sun, like a bright white plate, hung high in the sky.

Suddenly, the moon's shadow invaded the sun's disk, and a once-in-decades annular solar eclipse began.

“A solar eclipse? Why didn’t the two astronomers warn me? Will there be a total solar eclipse soon?” Maria said to Tesla and Abbott.

The three looked up at her, and Abbott, like a scholar, explained to Maria.

Due to the coincidental relationship between the distance and apparent size of the Moon, Earth, and Sun, when the Moon is exactly between the Earth and the Sun, it can block out the Sun, creating a solar eclipse.

When a solar eclipse occurs, if the moon is close to the earth, it will completely block the sun, which is called a total solar eclipse. If the moon is far away, it will appear as if the moon is embedded in a ring of light around the sun, which is called an annular solar eclipse.

Nikola Tesla, who had remained silent, seemed to be inspired by something and abruptly said to Abbott:
"I understand now. Embedding Mars in an energy ring is the optimal solution for the Mars super-light wave power station."

Tesla offered no further explanation, hastily kissed Maria goodbye, took Abbott's hand, and walked towards the space elevator, saying as they went:
"Abbott, let's go to Mars now."

In near-Earth orbit around Mars, the spacecraft carrying Nikola Tesla and Abbott orbited the planet at a speed of 5 kilometers per second.

"The lesson from Venus tells us that we cannot build power stations directly on the surface of a planet's equator. If that's called a contact power station, the optimal solution should be to build a non-contact power station, using a ring structure in space to non-contactly enclose Mars."

As a leading physicist, Abbott immediately grasped the point, saying, "Yes, if we build a closed ring along the Martian equator, and the diameter of the ring reaches 18 kilometers, it can also become a superluminal power station. Moreover, the excess heat will not be injected into the ground and cause plate tectonics."

Nikola Tesla and Abbott excitedly began discussing the feasibility of building a closed ring structure in outer space on Mars, similar to piecing together an extremely long space station.

However, if the building materials are mainly metal, like those of a space station, then the amount of metal required for a ring with a diameter of 18 kilometers would be astronomical. Is there a better way?

“Abbott, we can weave carbon nanotube fibers into hollow tubes, seal them together into a ring, and fill the tubes with water, just like flexible fire hoses,” Tesla said.

This closed circular pipe, 18 kilometers in diameter, will be able to receive the wavelength of ultraviolet light completely. The structure generates heat energy, which drives the water circulation within the pipe wall. The heat energy and kinetic energy are converted into electrical energy, thus becoming an ultraviolet light power station.

Nikola Tesla suddenly realized: tubes, tubes that generate and transmit energy—wasn't this the answer provided by the Lightning Ball's extrapsychic brain? VESSEL, a vessel. A vessel-based superluminal power station!
Abbott then thought of another problem and said, "Nikola, even if the pulse power station is built and can generate a lot of electricity, how will it be transmitted to the surface of Mars? If it can't be transmitted to the surface of Mars, it will still be useless to the Venusian humans on Mars."

Nikola Tesla laughed heartily and replied, "Don't forget, I am the inventor of alternating current and the first person to propose and verify that electricity can be transmitted wirelessly."

Abbott instantly understood; it was indeed feasible. He recalled the tens of thousands of small artificial satellites still densely packed in Venus's near-Earth orbit. These were part of a wireless internet system provided by a Venusian commercial company, covering the entire planet, and were called "Star Array Satellites."

If Venusians can connect to the satellite constellation and freely access the internet using their mobile phones from anywhere on Venus, then in the future, Venusians will be able to receive electricity wirelessly from anywhere on Mars to charge their mobile phones.

Abbott then considered another problem: a vascular ring with a diameter of 18 kilometers floating in the air would revolve around Mars under its gravitational pull.

However, without a stable structural support, the vascular ring and Mars will shift relative to each other, or even collide, making it difficult for the ring to remain stable.

Nikola Tesla did not answer the question immediately, but instead asked Abbott to look out through the spaceship's porthole. A white dot came into view outside the porthole; it was Mars' only moon, which the Venusians called the "Fire Moon."

Abbott, who was intimately familiar with the astronomical data of every celestial body in the solar system, couldn't help but exclaim:

“Nikolai, you’re a genius! The Moon of Mars is 9 kilometers away from Mars, and its orbital plane is close to the Martian equator. Its eccentricity is almost zero. Using it as a fulcrum, its orbit is a closed loop of blood vessels. The Moon of Mars’ orbit is stable and will not deviate.”

"Once the pulse super-light power station is built, Mars will have a sufficient and stable power resource. Nikola, you are a genius!" Abbott exclaimed.

“Abbott, do you remember the lunar mass tumor experiment I mentioned?” Tesla asked.

Abbott had long noticed that Mars' gravity was less than Venus', and that Venusians would feel light and uncomfortable on the surface of Mars.

According to Nikola Tesla's theory of gravity, a star, as a radiation source, has a relatively constant surface radiation temperature and energy intensity, and its output radiation flux and peak wavelength are also correspondingly constant.

Tesla derived mathematically that gravity is proportional to the product of energy intensity and the radiative flux determined by peak frequency.

On the surface of Mars, assuming the energy intensity remains constant, changing the peak radiation wavelength will result in a corresponding change in the output radiative flux. This is precisely the purpose of Tesla's lunar "mass tumor" experiment.

The pulse-wave superluminal power station emits intense, extremely low-frequency, long-wave radiation. When absorbed by Mars, this radiation causes a significant redshift in the peak wavelength of Mars's radiation towards longer wavelengths, greatly increasing the gravitational pull on the Martian equatorial rings. The formation principle is the same as that of the lunar "mass bulge."

Can gravity be increased simply by changing the peak wavelength of a planet's radiation, without increasing its mass?

Abbott, filled with suspicion, suddenly recalled that in recent years, Venusian spacecraft had repeatedly exhibited unusual phenomena of sudden increases in gravity when passing close to Earth's equator. He thought to himself that arguing was pointless; he should wait for the definitive results of the lunar "mass tumor" experiment.

Dean Abbott snapped out of his reverie and reviewed Nikola Tesla's plans for terraforming Earth and Mars. He felt the trip had been worthwhile, as the question of where to settle human colonists on Venus now had a clear direction.

Another major problem that worries Abbott is that transporting nearly six billion Venusians from Venus to their settlement on Mars would require a huge amount of transportation capacity and time, making it an almost impossible task.

Even with the military's assistance, the Venus Union government will face enormous challenges: how many people can be evacuated in total, and who will go first?
Nikola Tesla, as if reading Abbott's mind, patted him on the shoulder and said:

"It's impossible to transport all six billion Venusians. If your plan stalls, you can go to Maria; perhaps she has a solution."

Abbott looked up in surprise, staring directly at Tesla, and asked:
"Maria, what can she do?"

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The poem composed of collected verses at the end of the chapter:
"May the Cloud Pavilion and Jade Terrace Be Leisurely for a While," by Zhao Sicheng (Song Dynasty)
Crimson pouch, crimson lock, jade rings. (Song Dynasty, Huangtai)

A white rainbow flew by, a flash of lightning streaked across the sky; Song Dynasty, Pu Shoucheng

A vast expanse of silver waves, in an instant. —Song Dynasty, Yang Wanli
(End of this chapter)