Well, hmm. I don't think 2001+YB5 :
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db?name=2001+YB5
Would be a very good target- it's orbit nearly goes out to Jupiter. I think Mars would be easier to get to. I think there are lots of NEOs which would better than this one. There is some paper about going to a NEO but unfortuately I'm having a some problem finding it (saw the ref about a month ago). Meanwhile here's something I found while looking for it:
http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~koon/papers/shootthemoon_5-12-00.pdf
This was a ref given by Kadet Ken at SpacePolicy:
http://www.ad-astra.net/cgi-bin/BBS/SpacePolicy/read/18779
Now, for me "shootthemoon" doesn't help too much, but maybe others find it more comprehensible and making it more clear why we should go to the Moon first (or more specifically L1 &/or 2). The Earth/Moon L points are good locations to launch missions to NEOs- esp manned Missions.
I'll look some later for that ref, or maybe someone else has something.
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