Reaction sphere for stabilization and control in three axes

A method for controlling and stabilizing a vehicle in three orthogonal axes, the method comprising:

• positioning permanent magnets along a spherical rotor in evenly-spaced antipodal pairs, wherein each of the permanent magnets are oriented with the same magnetic pole facing outward from a center of the rotor;
• positioning electromagnets along a stator in evenly-spaced antipodal pairs that spatially correspond with the permanent magnets;
• positioning magnetic sensors along the stator that surround at least one of each electromagnet antipodal pair:
• detecting one of the permanent magnets with the sensors;
• and
• controlling, with a control system, timing and duration of energization of the electromagnets based on the detecting of the one of the permanent magnets with the sensors to provide the electromagnets with the opposite magnetic pole of the permanent magnets in order to attract the permanent magnets whereby momentum is transferred between the rotor and the stator along a controlled vector.