NASA's planned asteroid rodeo

"NASA is planning for a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it near the moon for astronauts to explore, a top senator said Friday." http://www.usnews.com/science/news/articles/2013/04/05/senator-nasa-to-lasso-asteroid-bring-it-closer

I don't know about y'all, but this sounds ubercool.

Wonder where they will find the funding for that,It is pretty cool thou.
Pete