[JurijD]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
There could be one of more counterwieghts crawling back and forth along this cable by means of computer control to balance out any fluctuations if there are any. You could either ahve all the crew on one half and equipment in the other, or the crew could move from one half toe the other when neccesary along the cable.

Yes yes, we see eye to eye... there could be endless variations to the theme. One would of course have to guarantee that the entire composition would always have a center of gravity at the geometric center of the two ships... if for example too much cargo or people were to be moved from one side to the other then the whole constelation would start rotating around a different center that before and the lines would loose tension and the whole thing would fly apart...