Long Spyglass is long and loves to hug many rocks. :<
Yes.... yes it does.... without damage it is bad enough.. trust me. And no, we cannot avoid flying there and we cannot take the time. You ever seen Magellan? that's where we have to fly through, and unless we use gates and lanes, also fields in cali, Texas and finally the badlands in NY.
If asteroids would do collision damage, you'd kill the Spyglass Q_Q and all other unlawful BSes prolly