ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,555, issued on May 5, was assigned to Panam 3D LLC (Erwinna, Pa.).
"Rocket based space station" was invented by Nick Pan (Erwinna, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rocket assembly including a main housing extending from a first end to a second end and having a longitudinal axis between the first and second ends. A plurality of tubes, extending from a first end to a second end, with the second end of each tube connected with the first end of the main housing. At least a subset of the plurality of tubes are pivotal relative to the main housing from a first orientation wherein a longitudinal axis of the tube is substantially parallel ...