At the moment, about 9,000 NEAs are known, most of them courtesy of ground-based programmes looking for bodies that might one day hit Earth.
Furthermore, development of new molecular markers to assist selection in breeding programmes looking for cultivars with more desirable phenotypes for any of these traits can be greatly helped through the generation and application of genomic tools.
"They started from a long way back but now they're catching up fast - they want to monitor what's happening on the ground, they want to be part of the analysis of climate change and a much bigger programme looking at the Moon for mining or as a staging post to other parts of the Solar System".
A couple of years ago, I interviewed Blair again for Radio 4, for a programme looking at Syria and the terrible legacy of Iraq.
There will be a programme looking at GB's preparations for Sochi 2014 on BBC Radio 5 live from 20 30 GMT on Thursday, 9 January.
The objective of the study was to explore and characterize the practice of the physicians and nurses of the Family Health Programme team, looking for evidence of the development of activities reflecting the values and principles proposed by the programme.
British Airways’ Great Britons programme is looking for talented individuals and groups who need help to get to the top – and the prizes are flights all over the world Could you be the next winner?
Best imaginary programme: "Look out for The Probe, a new BBC1 Saturday night show in which police search the homes of previous hosts of BBC1 Saturday night shows" - Armando Iannucci.
I mine the data for statistical confirmation, work out a trading programme to exploit those patterns and when the chance of actually making money on the programme looks good enough, we go for it.
The programme makers went looking for posh kids and poor kids, expecting them to play their allotted roles in life.
