>>>Well, it's certainly not! <vbg> I was referring to the short story in which is based, called "The Guardian" if I remember it correctly.
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>>>Regards,
>>The Sentinel I think
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>And the prize goes to Nicholas Mason! 8-)

Aurthur C clarke wrote some great stories. I have a very dog eared 30 year old copy of the sands of mars somewhere.

I used to read those stories as a child assuming by the time I was an adult we would have people on Mars etc

Now I wonder if it'll happen in my lifetime.

Nick Mason