{"id":26879,"date":"2024-05-08T12:01:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T17:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=26879"},"modified":"2024-05-09T07:06:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T12:06:47","slug":"wlbott-space-habitat-the-wab-i-tat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=26879","title":{"rendered":"WLBOTT Space Habitat: The Wab-i-tat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We continue our series <strong>Project 2124<\/strong>: The World In 100 Years. Today we look at a WLBOTT Space Habitat: the Wab-i-tat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think back to Easter as a kid. <strong>Chocolate bunnies<\/strong>. Some were <strong>solid<\/strong>, some were <strong>hollow<\/strong>, all were good. Today we&#8217;re going to look at WLBOTT 2124 Space Habitat (Wab-i-tat) based on the hollow bunny concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"26882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0001.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0001-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0001-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0002.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"26885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0002.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0002-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0002-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0004.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"26884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0004.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0004.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0004-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0004-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0004-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0005.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"26883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0005.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0005.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0005-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0005-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bunny_0005-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But before we proceed to our Wab-i-tat, we must address a <strong>disturbing <\/strong>social trend. <em><strong>Is nothing sacred?<\/strong><\/em> These kids today&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bong_0001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"26887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bong_0001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bong_0001.jpg 764w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bong_0001-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bong_0003.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"26889\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bong_0003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bong_0003.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bong_0003-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bong_0002.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"947\" data-id=\"26890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bong_0002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bong_0002.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bong_0002-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bong_0002-768x710.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bong_0004.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"945\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"26888\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bong_0004.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bong_0004.jpg 945w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bong_0004-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bong_0004-768x832.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Wab-i-tat: Some Background Science and Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remember the <strong>Steve Martin<\/strong> skit &#8220;How to Become a Millionaire and Pay No Taxes&#8221;? It goes something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Step One:<\/strong> Make a Million Dollars<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Step Two:<\/strong> Pay No Taxes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our first large-scale <strong>WLBOTT<\/strong> Space Habitat (Wab-i-tat) follows a similar chain of events:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Step One:<\/strong> Find a suitable asteroid and bring it into a geocentric orbit near the space elevator receiving station.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Step Two:<\/strong> Surround the asteroid with a giant nano-tube fishnet stocking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Step Three:<\/strong> Slowly spin up the asteroid while simultaneously blasting the crap out of it, thus flinging smallish particles outward, but being caught by the stocking.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Step Four: <\/strong>Add docking ports, seal the fishnet stocking, pressurize the interior, spin the whole thing up to create an artificial gravity of 0.3G, finish out the interior with homes, businesses, infrastructure, parks, transportation, <strong>putt-putt golf <\/strong>courses (oddly popular <em>and competitive<\/em> in the year 2124), and invite about a million people to come hang out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This idea is presented in a fascinating article by Loz Blain in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/space\/space-habitat-ring-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Atlas<\/a><\/strong>. First, a bit about Loz&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:27% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-3-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26896 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-3-2.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-3-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Loz spent a remarkably unfocused eight years getting an attention-deficient arts degree from Melbourne Uni, pursuing more than 30 different areas of study across the humanities and sciences on a series of whims before settling on a Psych major, back in the days when this kind of behavior didn&#8217;t spell eternal financial ruin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"ed-note\">[ed. note: Loz has <strong>WLBOTT <\/strong>Managerial Timber written all over him (figuratively, of course)]<\/span><\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/author\/loz-blain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New Atlas<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Some folk baked a lot of bread during lockdowns. <span class=\"ed-note\">[ed. note: and some started <strong>WLBOTT<\/strong>]<\/span> Others assembled a team of scientists and figured out a practical way to turn asteroids into space habitats, by spinning them inside out and creating giant rotating, Manhattan-sized city-rings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"864\" data-id=\"26902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-6.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-6-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-6-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-6-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-6-1200x720.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/space\/space-habitat-ring-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New Atlas<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full details from the team of University of Rochester scientists can be found here&#8230; <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fspas.2021.645363\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fspas.2021.645363\/full<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">You can&#8217;t build space cities on the surface of asteroids, or even inside them, really, but you could turn them inside out to become the ground layers of spinning ring-type space stations, says a Rochester team, and it&#8217;d be a relatively cheap and easy way to build yourself a space habitat for humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-1-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1195\" data-id=\"26907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-1-3.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-1-3-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-1-3-1024x850.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-1-3-768x637.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-1-3-1200x996.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the asteroid spins faster and faster, its rubbly mass flings outward to fill and expand the nanofiber bag.<\/p>\n<cite> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fspas.2021.645363\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Rochester<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some form of artificial gravity is necessary for long term human space settlements, for two reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">under prolonged zero G, bones and muscles grow weak, and other health problems arise.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">there&#8217;s a whole lotta barfing going on in zero-G<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New Atlas and the Rochester team suggest the asteroid <strong>Bennu <\/strong>as a possible candidate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bennu <\/strong>is considered a fairly \u201cloose\u201d asteroid, but that\u2019s no judgement on its character \u2013 it just means that it\u2019s essentially a pile of rocks bound together by gravity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, the results indicate that some parts of Bennu\u2019s interior are more densely packed together than other parts. And interestingly, some of the least dense areas appear to be around the bulge at its equator, and in the core itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-2-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"823\" data-id=\"26912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-2-2.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-2-2-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-2-2-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-2-2-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/download-2-2-1200x686.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s as if there is a void at its center, within which you could fit a couple of football fields,\u201d says Daniel Scheeres, co-lead author of the study.<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/space\/void-asteroid-bennu-center\/?itm_source=newatlas&amp;itm_medium=article-body\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New Atlas<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Construction Concepts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(not to scale)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0005.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"26914\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0005.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0005.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0005-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0005-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0004.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"26917\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0004.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0004.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0004-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0004-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0004-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0003.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"26916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0003.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0003-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0003-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0003-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0002.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"26915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0002.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concept_0002-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Putt Putt: The Wab-i-tat Sport of Choice (2124)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/puttt_0007.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"26924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/puttt_0007.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/puttt_0007.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/puttt_0007-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/puttt_0004.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"26925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/puttt_0004.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/puttt_0004.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/puttt_0004-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/puttt_0010.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"26928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/puttt_0010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26928\" 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