Apophis is heading towards Earth!

Apophis is making its way towards Earth and may arrive by the year 2029, no, not Apophis from Stargate SG1, but a 270 meter asteroid that has a slight chance of impacting Earth. The Russian Space Agency is considering sending a spacecraft in an attenpt to knock the asteroid off of its course. This entire story reminded me of two movies, Armageddon (1998) and Deep Impact (1998) both about an asteroid that will hit Earth and destroy life. Armageddon put me to sleep and the acting was horrible in my opinion. I liked Deep Impact better from the psychological point of view, such as the government lying to the people for as long as possible so as not to "alarm" anyone, how martial law was implemented in the US, people began to commit suicide, rob, panic and try to get picked for this gigantic cave everyone would live in for a couple of years.
Anyway, I find it is interesting the name of the asteroid and Russia may send a spacecraft. From the article:

Russia is considering sending a spacecraft to a large asteroid to knock it off its path and prevent a possible collision with Earth, the head of the country's space agency said Wednesday.Anatoly Perminov said the space agency will hold a meeting soon to assess a mission to Apophis, telling Golos Rossii radio that it would invite NASA, the European Space Agency, the Chinese space agency and others to join the project once it is finalized.