That, at least, is the conclusion of MIT grad student Sung Wook Paek, who won the 2012 Move an Asteroid Technical Paper Competition with his proposal.

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The UN agencies involved in this proposal will bring their specific technical and management skills to the Programme.

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But Richard Marchi, senior vice president of technical and environmental affairs at ACI-NA, said the proposal has not been well received by airport operators.

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Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Playboy's proposal would not be considered by his government on "technical grounds".

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Technical experts will meet next month in Turkey to look at the revised proposal in detail.

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Obviously there is with the Fed a knowledge, a technical expertise, and a jurisdiction over a number of already regulatory issues, and we think this proposal strikes the right balances to ensure that this doesn't happen again.

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