What the Hell is a Dyson Sphere?
THE DYSON SHELL WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED IN 1959 BY THE ASTRONOMER FREEMAN DYSON. THE ARTIFICIAL SPHERE, THE SIZE OF A PLANETARY ORBIT, WAS A WAY FOR AN ADVANCED CIVILIZATION TO UTILIZE ALL OF THE ENERGY RADIATED BY THEIR SUN. THE ORIGINAL DYSON SPHERE HAD A RADIUS OF ONE ASTRONOMICAL UNIT WITH 600 MILLION TIMES THE SURFACE AREA OF EARTH. SOLAR COLLECTORS STORED ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF ENERGY WHICH CONVERTED VAST, CURVED INTERIORS INTO LIVING SPACE! THE DYSON SHELL ENCLOSED A SUN. IN THEORY, EXTREMELY HIGH NUMBERS OF CIVILIZATIONS COULD BE SUSTAINED INSIDE THE D.S. BY TAPPING THE CENTRALLY-LOCATED STAR. The above information was read by the two humans on the bridge of SX12. The grams were gone. ‘What did you tell them at CC?’ ‘That we found life in incredible numbers.’ ‘You uploaded the NIL?’ ‘Yep. Captain, you don’t have to tell them you discovered…zillions of microbes.’ ‘Oh, jeeez.’ He knew Dr. Audry was serious when she used the C-word. ‘There is still a big mystery here,’ she suggeste
