I know people working on this. Odds are more than 3 to 4 I'll be dead before the mission completes. Still neat to see asteroids finally getting a slew of important missions.
DART is prepping for launch for the first measured redirection impact on an asteroid in September 2022.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-dart-prepares-for-launch-in-first-planetary-defense-test-mission
The Psyche mission is hoping the Falcon Heavy fixes the instability shimmy and does not explode next year. I'll definitely be gone before this one is finished.
Yeah I'm with Frank, I ain't got no time for two Earth gravity assists (2+ years!) en route, can you just boost it? Just boost it, make it lighter, more fuel, easy peasy, take more tax dollars, whatever. Thanks edit: just do anti-grav, thanks