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mason_strong
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I have an idea for a method of getting energy from the tidal, gravitational forces produced from one object orbiting another in space. Please understand that this would be, compared to all of the knowledge possessed by humanity at present, a very complicated idea. And I'm no expert. But I think it could work.<br /><br />Start with two large asteroids, though one will much bigger than the other. The smaller one will be approximately 5 percent the mass of the larger. Place the small one in orbit around it, like a planet would orbit a moon. A "satellite asteroid", if you will, orbiting what I will call the larger, "parent asteroid". Suspend a vastly smaller mass in between them both. This mass, call it, well, "the weight", would have to be so small that its own gravity does not significantly alter the positions of either of the asteroids; for a practical energy generating device, I'd suggest that whatever orbital alterations it made would be virtially unnoticable (a subjective term I know, but I'm sure a reasonable definition could be worked out with more research) for millions of years. The mass will be placed in between the orbit of the satellite asteroid, to the point where the satellite will pull it up when it passes over. After it passes away, the weight would begin to fall, pulled down by the parent asteroid. In some way, the weight would be attached to an energy creating device anchored to the parent asteroid. Perhaps the weight could be secured to the middle of a long cable. The cable could be attached at both end to large pistons, or generators. These would sit atop large towers that were securely anchored to the parent asteroid. <br /><br />Each time the satellite asteroid passed overhead, the weight would be pulled up. Whenever it went back around, the parent asteroid would pull it back down. It works on the same principle of gravitational interaction as the tides found in the earth/moon system, as well as many moons of the gas giants. I realize this plan would