Damn I should have thought about it before!!! Just launch anything that manages to hit Apophis and the title of the Redeemer of the World is yours!!! Howdys to our Comrades for the idea!
indeed the article is a bit too upbeat - DQ is a concept and brain child of Andrés! and chances are indeed good that ESA will do something on NEO missions, if it will be don quijote, nobody knows of course ... but in my view it's a nice concept ...