A strong future participation in the planning of the Don Quijote mission is foreseen.

Don Quijote is a mitigation precursor mission currently under study by the European Space Agency (ESA).

Of the missions reviewed, NEOMAP considers the Don Quijote concept to be the most compatible with the criteria and priorities selected.

Don Quijote is thus the only mission that could provide a vital missing link in the chain from threat identification to threat mitigation.

The team involved in the Don Quijote mission is Deimos (the prime contractor), Astrium, the University of Pisa, the Spaceguard Foundation, the Paris Geophysical Institute (IPGP) and the University of Bern.

Don Quijote has the potential to teach researchers a great deal, not only about the internal structure of a NEO, but also about how to interact with it mechanically.

The Don Quijote concept has also aroused considerable interest in countries outside Europe, whose possible participation is key to the financial and programmatic affordability of the mission.