Sander Vesik wrote in
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There is also SMART-1, happily on its way towards Moon. I think the
PPS-1350 is rated to work for 7000 hours of propulsion, so long
transfers are ok.

Thanks, I forgot about those.

Surely some of the ASAT technology can be reused in such a mission?
Such would by defaulkt have needed to be able to rendezvous with a
non-co-operative target.

Not really. "Rendezvous" and "intercept" are two separate problems - with
intercept, the objective is to hit the target hard and destroy it. In
rendezvous, the objective is to capture the target gently, and to do that
requires that the chaser be able to fly around the target to locate its
berthing mechanism, and be able to approach and grapple it gently. An
interceptor doesn't really care about the details of the target and doesn't
have the capability to gently capture it.
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