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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (1338)	1/4/2000 1:39:00 PM
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Mq 01/04/2000, EST Asteroid Task Force to Assess Risks From Space LONDON (Reuters) - Britain turned its gaze from domestic worries towards the distant corners of the galaxy on Tuesday, launching a task force to assess the risk of asteroids hitting planet Earth. Prime Minister Tony Blair's government unveiled a panel of three wise men to examine the threat of collision with what it called Near Earth Objects (NEOs). ``The risk of an asteroid or comet causing substantial damage is extremely remote,' Science Minister Lord Sainsbury said. ``This is not something that people should lie awake at night worrying about.' ``But we cannot ignore the risk, however remote, and a case can be made for monitoring the situation on an international basis,' he said. Sainsbury said the panel of two scientists and a former diplomat would assess the nature of the hazards posed by asteroids and the potential levels of risk. It would also consider how the United Kingdom should best contribute to international efforts to deal with NEOs. The government said none of the NEOs already identified posed a threat to the earth in the foreseeable future. But on a wider time scale of millions of years asteroids had caused serious damage to the planet. ``Last year an object passed between the moon and Earth which, if it had hit us, would have done a lot of damage,' said panel member Sir Crispin Tickell, Britain's former ambassador to the United Nations.

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