Well, would we like it to be a bank holiday, or would it simply cost too much money . Theres one estimate that said it would cost the economy £4 billion for everyone to take a day off work, that being said, as, as Andrew Pierce was saying in the last show, weve got two Bank Holidays in may and none in april. Couldnt we just make one of them . Yeah. Do swapsies that last yeah. Do swapsies that last may. Bank holiday. Why do we have it . Yeah. If you did a direct swap, surely that would work. Although, interestingly, when i did a quick sort of straw poll amongst people this morning and you say have you ever celebrated Saint Georges day . They go , no, no. You know, for they go, no, no. You know, for many people the day passes by without them almost acknowledging it. Acknowledging it. Its like because we havent got that sort of focal point of celebration. I think so often celebration. I think so often for people. Well, right across the United Kingdom , its, its the United Kingdom, its, i
Supporting ukraine. It is clear that it intends to do that. This is the latest round of funding and support that the uk is providing ukraine. We can now cross over and listen to what the nato secondaryjournal and Rishi Sunak Have got to say. fine what the Nato Secondary Journal and Rishi Sunak Have got to say. Rishi sunak have got to say. One of m duties Rishi Sunak Have got to say. One of my duties as Rishi Sunak Have got to say. One of my duties as prime Rishi Sunak Have got to say. One of my duties as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Have got to say. One of my duties as Prime Minister is Rishi Sunak Have got to say. One of my duties as Prime Minister is to i my duties as Prime Minister is to the british people and fulfilling that responsibility is only possible because of you and ten days ago i gave the order for the raf to join an International Effort intercepting an International Effort intercepting a barrage of iranian missiles heading towards israel, and those pilots, like every gene
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To send a telescope to orbit the sun to detect Dangerous Things coming towards earth but space agencies like not already have projects which monitor Space Objects so why do you need your own private project to do this is not his program not enough. No the programs done by ness and other telescopes are around the world are fantastic and they are presently aiming to their next goal is to find the asteroids larger than one hundred meters that could hit the earth no one hundred metre asteroid would destroy a small country its quite large these surveys these telescopes will not do as well for asteroids smaller than that however as we just mentioned a forty meter asteroid is enough to destroy a very large city so there are going to be a lot of esther as in fact a great majority of asteroids that could do damage on earth are actually smaller than one hundred meters and would not be found by these current surveys or these these planned surveys so our goal at b six twelve foundation is to figur
A former astronaut about the dangers we face a life here on earth. Welcome to me Sophie Shevardnadze a giant asteroid like the one that wiped out the dinosaurs cross the earths past very often but smaller ones do all the time and while the boy did the danger so far our planet is still on prepared for any possible collision. Can we stop armageddon if it comes to it or is to earth defenseless against an asteroid strike when we ask former nasa astronaut asked a physicist and space and. As. The world becomes more familiar with whats beyond planet earth the potential dangers of space becoming more apparent with the threat of asteroids able to wipe out entire civilizations scarily close to our atmosphere so can we count of these dangers before its too late is humanitys existence simply a game of chance or is it in a sense to define and protect. Add blue physicists former astronaut c o b six twelve Foundation Welcome to the show its really great to have you with us thank you very much for hav