Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lembit Opik (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 12 January 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 27 members in total.

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DEEP IMPACT SPACECRAFT

That this House welcomes the launch of the Deep Impact Spacecraft, which is scheduled to rendezvous with Comet Temple; notes that years after the Government's Near Earth Object Task Group published its report confirming the peril of a potential impact by a large comet or asteroid most of the recommended action steps have yet to be implemented; further notes that such an impact in an ocean basin could generate a tsunami 1,000 metres high, major fires and other catastrophic events; and calls on the Government to implement the 14 recommendations of the NEO Task Group report without further delay.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

501 

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Natural disasters Spacecraft

Link

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