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Homelessness is a perennial topic in politics, especially at the onset of winter. A panel discusses a new report, sponsored by 12 Federal agencies, that offers a detailed portrait of who the homeless are, what services they use, and what programs have been most successful in helping them.
Martha Burt, Urban Institute
Maria Foscarinis, National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
Richard Harris, exec dir., Central City Concern, Portland, Ore.
The second of two consecutive failures of NASA missions to Mars has prompted Congressional hearings to reveiew what might be wrong with the space program. A panel talks about "faster, better, cheaper," NASA's guiding principle for the 90s, that is now likley to be reconsidered.
John Pike, Federation of American Scientists
Pat Dasch, executive director of the National Space Society
Alex Roland, chair of the History Department at Duke University and former NASA historian
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