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UK Government Prepares For Space Impact
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- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 17:27:22 GMT
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Government prepares for space impact
November 29, 1999
The UK government is to establish a panel of experts to advise on the risk
of the Earth being hit by an asteroid or comet.
Reactions to such a potential disaster could involve using nuclear weapons
to deflect the lump of space rock, or evacuating whole areas where it could
strike.
Professor Mark Bailey, Director of the Armagh Observatory, has campaigned
for the establishment of a national centre and told the BBC: "Asteroids and
comets pose a unique hazard to civilisation - it is unbounded in the sense
that the potential risk is destruction, even extinction of our species.
"However, it is predictable with high precision and years ahead, provided
you discover the objects," he added.
Full story here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_541000/541376.stm
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