NASA To Blast Beatles Into Space

[hyphaenation]

NASA to beam Beatles tune into space

'Send my love to the aliens,' says McCartney

Last Updated: Friday, February 1, 2008 | 11:12 AM ET
CBC News

U.S. space agency NASA plans to send a Beatles hit across the universe on Monday, saying it is the first song ever to be beamed directly into deep space.

The song chosen is, appropriately, Across the Universe, and it will be sent out 40 years to the day after it was recorded.

The track will be transmitted through the Deep Space Network, an international array of antennas that supports space exploration missions, at 7 p.m. ET on Feb. 4.

The network will direct the song toward Polaris, the North Star, 431 light years away.

The event marks the 50th anniversary of NASA and the 45th anniversary of the Deep Space Network.

Former Beatle Paul McCartney sent a message of congratulations to the space agency, adding "Send my love to the aliens. All the best, Paul."

John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono also hailed the achievement.

"I see that this is the beginning of the new age in which we will communicate with billions of planets across the universe," she said.

It's not the first time NASA has beamed up a Beatles tune.

In 2005 McCartney performed the song Good Day Sunshine during a concert that was transmitted to the International Space Station.

Here Comes the Sun, Ticket to Ride and A Hard Day's Night have also been played to wake astronaut crews in orbit.

The public around the world has been invited to participate in the event by simultaneously playing the song at the same time it is transmitted by NASA.

[Ras Asad]

very cool hyph...
aiming it at sirius eh??
interesting indeed...

thanks bro

[hyphaenation]

I'm wondering if spaced out people will also hear this tune playing ?

[lionelfire]

Originally Posted by hyphaenation

I'm wondering if spaced out people will also hear this tune playing ?

Who yoou calling spaced ouitpp. Blast helter skelter yopu freaks

[wildburr]

Smartest thing Nasa Has done in awhile, Send the best music ever created. Hopefully any alien race will dig it just as we did when it came out in the 60's.

[greenweanie]

intergalactic torrent piracy? lol......

[Hippie3]

Originally Posted by Ras Asad

very cool hyph...
aiming it at sirius eh??
interesting indeed...

thanks bro

no,
Polaris.
talk about Oldies radio,
the tune will be nearly 500 years old
by the time it gets there.

[aumbrellaforainydays]

well hasnt this song been indirectly spread (radio/satellite) since the 60's. so there may be a chance its already headed there? so in 460 years they will hear it.

[Hippie3]

not really,
our older signals are so weak and un-focused
that after just a few lightyears
any coherency is lost
and it becomes just static noise.

[aumbrellaforainydays]

well maybe then we should send a concentrated beamed signal to every corner of the universe saying, "Earth needs new energy, will pay for costs."

you know those aliens may have the answer to the end of oil. fusion or something better.

[Hippie3]

they might also come to stomp on us.
might be wiser to be quiet
until we know to whom we are calling .
besides
radio is too slow.
we'll run out of oil in less than 50 years,
our signal won't get far in that much time.
then ET would have to signal or travel back here,
further reducing our time.
so unless ET is in our local neighborhood,
say about a spherical volume of 25 lightyears radius from Sol,
they would be too late.

[hyphaenation]

I remember a good old song from Donovan called Intergalactic Laxative. I first heard it on Dr. Demento's radio show. Its slightly off topic but funny and is about space.

I'll include a link so you can hear a snippet of it. If you want to check out the whole song its pretty easy to find as mp3.

Sample of this song here http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/sa...c_Laxative.mp3

Released: 1973 (Stavro288)
Author(s): Donovan Leitch (Stavro288)

The Intergalactic Laxative
By: Donovan


Facts:
# When Dr. Demento plays this, the *bad words* are usually replaced by sound effects.
(Tim P. Ryan)
# I heard that the late Steve Goodman would play this in his performances near the time this was originally issued.
(Tim P. Ryan)

Song Lyrics:

I was impressed like everyone
When man began to fly
Out of earthly regions
To planets in the sky
With total media coverage
We watched the heroes land
As ceremoniously
They disturbed the cosmic sand

In awe with admiration
We listened to the talk
Such pride felt they
Such joy to be
Upon the moon to walk
My romantic vision shattered
When it was explained to me
Spacemen wear old diapers
In which they shit and pee

Oh, the intergalactic laxative
Will get you from here to there
Relieve you and believe me
Without a worry or care
If shitting is your problem
When you're out there in the stars
Oh, the intergalactic laxative
Will get you from here to Mars

They don't partake like you and I
Of beefy burger mush
Their food is specially prepared
To dissolve into slush
Absorbed by multi-fibers
In the super diaper suit
Otherwise the slush would trickle
Down inside the boot

Oh, the intergalactic laxative
Will get you from here to there
Relieve you and believe me
Without a worry or care
If shitting is your problem
When you're out there in the stars
Oh, the intergalactic laxative
Will get you from here to Mars

You may well ask now what becomes
Of liquid they consume
A pipe is led from penis head
To a unit in the room
The water is recirculated
Filtered for re-use
In case of anti-gravity-
Pee gets on the loose.

Oh, the intergalactic laxative
Will get you from here to there
Relieve you and believe me
Without a worry or care
If shitting is your problem
When you're out there in the stars
Oh, the intergalactic laxative
Will get you from here to Mars

Wherever man has conquered,
On the quest for frontiers new
(Da da da da)
I'm glad that he's always had to do
The number one and two
It makes it all so ordinary
Just like you and me
To know the greatest heroes
They had to shit and pee

The intergalactic laxative
Will get you from here to there
For cosmic constipation
There's none that can compare
If shitting is your problem
When you're out there in the stars
Oh, the intergalactic laxative
The intergalactic laxative
The intergalactic laxative
Will get you from here to Mars

[Hippie3]

stars within 12.5 lightyears [25 year round-trip for radio]
color = spectral class

[hyphaenation]

I've never uploaded an mp3 to the topia so I thought i'd convert that Donovan song to an acceptable size and let you check it out.

If its not appropriate go ahead and zap it.

Enjoy