Aster-fuckin-oids, bitch.

>>9081129
A space rope you fucking idiot

>>9081133
you think? Well, shit. ever thought about how it might snap, or break to shit if the epicenter is off somehow? Heard of Lagrange?

>>9081146
Put the asteroids in nets then tether them. A bigger issue is how you are going to get them close enough together that you can use a reasonably sized tether.

When you think about it, isn't everything like tethered together in space, man?

>>9081129
How big? Why not a fuck-off strong steel rope?

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>>9081146
>ever thought about how it might snap

So you want to tether them against some amount of force moving them apart? How much force do you anticipate?

Maybe Google "Gemini Tether Experiment" for inspiration. They had a hard time getting the tether to remain taut -- the spacecraft tended to recoil towards each other

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>>9081129
Deflect them with propulsion. Direct them to the Lagrangian Points L4 or L5 of a given planet.
They will stabilize, moving along with L4 or L5 points.
They will stick to the L4 or L5 becoming Trojan Asteroids.
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_(astronomy)
Their velocity will become stable (moving along with L4 or L5)
Stabilize then the relative angular momentum with Propulsion + Gyroscope.
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_momentum
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroscope.
Then carefully make then become closer together synchronizing the velocity.
Build a Bridge between the 2 Asteroids with a Strong Material like Kevlar.
And voilà Here is Your 2 asteroids bridged.
After the 2 are Bridges You can move them around together through the Space.

>>9083545
How do you propel them?

>>9081129
Depends on what you mean by "tether".

Binary asteroids exist, tethered together by gravity. You could theoretically make an artificial binary, although it wouldn't be easy.

In terms of physical tethers, that's basically a space elevator lite. And it turns out it's relatively easy: all you need is several-kilometer kevlar rope anchored on the two members of a tidally-locked binary.

There have been suggestions about making such a "bridge" between Pluto and Charon.

>>9084926
Jet engine

>>9086521
Hahaha good one. No seriously though.