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World Service,20 Aug 2001,23 mins

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How has humanity viewed the planet Mars? With contributions from astronomer and broadcaster Sir Patrick Moor; Donna Shirley, the former manager of the Mars Exploration Program; Dr Gil Levin of the Viking Mission to Mars; Monica Grady of the Natural History Museum; science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke and Robert Zubrin, an advocate for manned mission to Mars). This is a programme from the BBC World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 2001.

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