I’m still unclear on why, if Clarke was writing the first “Odyssey” novel at the same time as the movie was being done, the book has them going to Saturn. Maybe the decision to change the movie destination was too late in the book process to alter it before publication. Then again, if the author knew where he was going to take the story, it seems Saturn wouldn’t have sufficient mass to turn it into a sun.
Yesterday was a “Nice Save”, today a “Close Shave”.