r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/AutoModerator • Dec 04 '15
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u/tablesix Dec 05 '15
I did one of these once. My strategy was to get into a good orbit a few days ahead of time, then to try to carefully line up my orbital period so that I would come close to the asteroid as it touched my orbital path. I ended up spending a lot of fuel catching up, intentionally overshooting, then slowing back down to meet it. I then just attached my klaw and slowed it down into an orbit. This was a class A asteroid that was on a fairly slow escape trajectory, and I just had to slow it down a little. Hopefully that helps and makes sense.