satellites due to competition.
It has been claimed that junk, possibly even frozen urine, could have damaged Columbia's heat shielding. Motorola sent up seventy satellites for a phone system that was redundant before commissioning, and many states have competing global positioning and imaging satellites, because both have major military applications. John Prescott's answer to the housing crisis in the south of England was presented to parliament in early February. He proposes reviving discredited Tory legislation on development corporations to get round ment is to subsidise this private housing scheme: how is not certain, but it will probably amount to at least 30,000 per house.
The following week, reports in the press appeared predicting falls in house prices within two years. This will add to the unsustainability of life in the South (and of Prescott's plan). The South is already plagued by shortages of key workers, urban
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