UNIVERSAL HOPE

The Philips Bolo YoYo

Space Habitat

"Life is a Gift, and

In our Uncertain World,

The future is not Guaranteed,

However, if We Work Hard Together,

We have a Chance, and that is Reason for HOPE"

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The Philips Bolo YoYo Space Habitat is developed for long term travel and human occupation of the solar system.

The design provides:

An Earth normal gravity environment
Effective interplanetary travel
LEO construction time of less than a month
As little as four launches to build
Significantly reduced infrastructure and launch costs/time compared to the ISS, or a von Braun torus, (years vs decades, one billion vs five-hundred billion dollars), or an O'Neill cylinder (Impossible to build within the world's current economic capacity).

The design consists of:

A system designed to change shape from an interplanetary traveler to an Earth normal gravity habitat as follows:
A cubic truss assembled in orbit, open to vacuum, capable of carrying stores (YoYo core)
Two or more earth launched vehicles containing one or more cabins (Bolo habitats)
A robust "spool" anchored within the YoYo truss, capable of extruding and retrieving cable sets attached to the Bolo habitats

Bolo Anchor 1

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Bolo Anchor 2

Bolo YoYo habitat side view

In the retracted configuration
With multiple rockets surrounding a truss core
Capable of acceleration to planetary velocities

Philips Bolo YoYo habitat expanded configuration side view

Capable of providing one gravity of force within the habitable cabins
Gravity is simulated during planetary coasting or stable orbits

The Philips Bolo YoYo Space Habitat is developed for long term travel and human occupation of the solar system.

The construction sequence is as follows:

Launch of two (or more) space ships with cabins designed for both zero and normal gravity
Launch of a third vehicle containing lineal pipe struts to construct a simple and strong rectangular or cubic truss surrounding a robust linchpin spool for cables
The truss is assembled, the two or more spaceships are mated to the truss and attached by cables to the robust spool
Launch of further vehicles as necessary for outfitting and fueling of the initial spaceships

The deployment is as follows:

All of the spaceships attached to the YoYo Truss fire main rockets in coordination to achieve velocity to transit to new orbit.
When transit velocity is achieved and the unit is in coasting relative to each other, the spaceships use thrusters to deploy away from the YoYo truss slowly until at the end of each tether.
Then, in coordination, the space ships apply a lateral thrust equally around the center spool, balanced by weight and distance, causing the system to rotate, the cables being equally taut.
To prevent wobble, the system will require significant computer control, and to bring the Bolo YoYo into perfect balance will likely require a ballast control system capable of pumping fluid mass between the ships.
This creates a simulated gravity in each habitat.
When approaching the mission destination, the process would be reversed to allow for deceleration and any maneuvering necessary.
The Bolos could be redeployed when on station.

Universal HOPE

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To whom might be reading this: Thank you for inquiring this far, the website is still being developed. As of March 2019 the outline of the thesis has been published, there remains thousands of pages of notes recording the justifications for the statements and claims made in the outline. They represent my life's work.

There is a significant amount of hubris contained in the overarching concept of this thesis; "We HOPE to save Mankind." . . .

But, although this is true, I do not believe I have encountered any human culture capable of taking us into the future, they are all flawed in some regard. And although I have some small adolescent bravado, I do not think I am a buffoon, a dangerous combination of arrogance and ignorance.

So, I push on, attempt to bring it all together, collate it, and communicate. I will raise the flag, and see if anyone salutes.

Something needs to be done, must be done.

These further pages of justification are incomplete, a mishmash that will, time allowing, be organized into a comprehensive, concise, even perhaps, eloquent transmission of ideas and solutions.

After the pebble is dropped, and the initial ripples reaching the shores of concerned people, the whole thesis will be deposited in one of the disciplinary repositories subject to the jury of the most august and informed bodies of wisdom, you.

Can it be done? In my lifetime, Hyman Rickover and Elon Musk, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, by their personal energies, have changed the world. Let's give it a try.

Below is a mess of notes. Sorry.

Bringing Life to the Universe, Bringing the Universe to Life