Tuesday, 19 February 2008

beatles in space nasas 50th anniversary



The BEATLES IN SPACE - N.A.S.A.'S 50th ANNIVERSARY!

This is my art tribute to my favorite musical group of all time, The

Beatles - "In and Out of Style - dedicated to the Fab Four". Visit the

page for some fun facts and trivia on The Beatles!

Today, as part of their 50th Anniversary, N.A.S.A. will be beaming the

Beatles Song "Across The Universe" out into space (yeah, yeah, yeah,

across the universe - get it?)

I gather they used this lesser known Beatles song primarily because of

it's title, but also because today is also the 40th anniversary of the

original recording of the song.

The song will be beamed out at 7 p.m. E.S.T. so turn on all your

tri-corders to witness this historic event - the first time a song has

been sent into space! (No, I'm sorry, your gigantimous speakers in

your car do not count - loud as they are their sound never carried

past the ionosphere!) It's being sent in MP3 format so let's hope who

ever is out there has an Ipod!

Traveling along at 186,000 miles per second towards the North Star

should bring the tempo up past dancing rhythm - at least on this

planet. Who knows how fast little green men (and women) like to dance?

Appropriately, Sir Paul McCartney's response to this honor was "Give

my love to the aliens". I wonder if Sir John's response would have

been, "We come to Give Peace A Chance"?

N.A.S.A. has given The Beatles a Ticket to Ride!." Happy Birthday,


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