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Since the section is labelled "Challenges and Mission Ideas" I thought this would be the most appropriate place to post this. We have asteroid encounters in place, but let's up the ante. Asteroid 1I/2017 U1 Oumuamua is shaping up to be the first interstellar asteroid encountered by humanity. The most important attribute beyond its interstellar origins is the fact that it is fast, possessing a eccentricity of 1.2 and is currently on its way out of our solar system at 26km/s. Nothing we've built so far has ever reached that speed and an intercept this late in the game would need to get started within the next few years IRL. Project Lyra was commissioned to study that proposal, but something tells me we can do better. One wonders if a somebody or group of somebodies or perhaps even Squad themselves can develop an Oumuamua encounter vaguely based on the Lyra premise. I would like to contribute but sadly do not have the modding skills or time to even consider it, so broaching the idea here will have to do. Of course, there are challenges to consider, mainly in that KSP isn't a 1:1 solar simulator. Tech realism isn't so much of an issue, but it is a consideration. In either case the basic path and composition of the asteroid are known quantities, so pluses and minuses. If this belongs somewhere else, definitely feel free to move it. Regardless, it would be fun to see this real life event gain some traction in KSP.
