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To: marcos who wrote (46612)1/4/2000 9:16:00 AM
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Well, guess there will never again be another problem:

Tuesday, January 4 8:37 AM SGT

Britain appoints team to save world from asteroids
LONDON, Dec 4 (AFP) -
Britain's Science Minister Lord Sainsbury on Tuesday named a three-man task force to study the risks of the Earth being destroyed by a giant asteroid.

The team is tasked with making proposals to the British National Space Centre on how the country can best contribute to international efforts to protect the planet from a strike from space.

The task force will be chaired by Harry Atkinson, 70, a past chairman of the European Space Agency's Council.

The other members were named as Crispin Tickell, 69, an environmental expert and diplomat who was Britain's permanent representative to the United Nations between 1987 and 1990, and David Williams, a 62-year-old professor of astronomy at University College, London, who formerly(cont)
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