The Itokawa Cycler – Ride an Asteroid to Mars

In 1985, astronaut Buzz Aldrin proposed his Aldrin cycler as a better way to get to and from Mars. It’s a very fun idea, but I thought there was room for improvement. I looked through the database and found an asteroid that happens to have just about the right orbit to be a Mars cycler. Thus, we have…the Itokawa Cycler.

About Alex R. Howe

I'm a full-time astrophysicist and a part-time science fiction writer.
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