Open the pod-bay door HAL...

[gunsandrockets]

Astronaut Dave Bowman would feel right at home in one of these, the "Space Construction and Orbital Utility Transport (SCOUT)"...<br /><br />http://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/academics/484.archives/2003.SCOUT_thumb.jpg<br /><br />http://www.sae.org/technical/papers/2004-01-2295<br /><br /><br />... just the thing for an asteroid mission EVA!

 

[erikm]

I'd use it for orbital construction, because that's what it seems made for. It looks to be just the thing to get out and about without suiting up and all that. Every day or so it could dock for crew exchange and refueling.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /> ErikM

 

[gunsandrockets]

Something like the SCOUT strikes me as a more practical method of investigating an asteroid than the strange harpoon-lander CEV that recently featured in a video file hosted at space.com.