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begins. nasa prepares for a return to the moon, this time with much bigger ambitions. cbs' mark strassmann reports tonight from the kennedy space center. >> we want to ultimately end up on mars. >> garrett: as many kids head back to school, more and more parents are turning to home schooling. cbs' kris van cleave shows us why. and, cbs' steve hartman goes "on the road." this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> garrett: good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for joining us. i'm major garrett, in for norah. tonight, new de...

caring my baby to bury my baby. >> reporter: the countdown begins. nasa prepares for a return to the moon, this time with much bigger ambitions. cbs' mark strassmann reports tonight from the kennedy space center. >> we want to ultimately end up on mars. >> garrett: as many kids hemoree parents are turning to home schooling. cbs' kris van cleave shows us why. and cbs' steve hartman goes "on the road." >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> garrett: good evening, everyone. thank you for joining us. i'm major garrett in for norah....

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Alfred. what does it come to that we're stealing other people's zip codes to get our kids into better schools. >> the bigger problem is that public education is financed locally. so yers, if i live and i'm paying -- i live in a community where i'm paying five figures in taxes each year to fund the public school system and someone not paying taxes is getting into that school system, yes, i might feel like i'm getting stolen from. the larger issue is because of the way we finance public education, you are going to get a better education depending on what zip code you're in. >> i moved to a town ...