Flywheels / NEO Retrieval

> > You must have overlooked the section of my post where I describe
> > the flywheel module would detach from the probe. Literally dumping
> > the momentum by detaching from it.
>
> No, that does not dump momentum.
>
> The sapcecraft and asteroid prior to separation will each have
> precisly the same rotation and energy following separation.

The total system will continue to have the same energy, yes... but
permanently jettison the flywheel and you can ignore that part of the
system -- the part with ALL the rotational energy -- from then on.
Right?