NASA Beams The Beatles' Across The Universe
The Beatles' song Across the Universe will be the first ever to be
beamed directly into space next week, Nasa said.
Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney said it was an "amazing" achievement
and John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono called it the "beginning of a new
age".
The transmission of the song over the space agency's Deep Space
Network on Monday will mark the 40th anniversary of the day the band
recorded the song.
The song will be aimed at the North Star, Polaris, 431 light years
away from Earth, and it will travel across the universe at a speed of
186,000 miles per second, Nasa said.
In a message to the space agency, Sir Paul said: "Amazing! Well done,
Nasa! Send my love to the aliens. All the best, Paul."
Ms Ono added: "I see this as the beginning of the new age in which we
will communicate with billions of planets across the universe."
Anything listening out there would hear the lyrics which include the
chorus line: "Nothing's gonna change my world." Fans have been invited
to participate in the event by playing the song around the world at
midnight GMT on Monday night - the same time it will be transmitted by
Nasa.
The event will also mark 50 years of Nasa, 45 years of the Deep Space
Network and 50 years since the founding of Explorer 1, the first US
satellite.
A Nasa spokesman said many of the senior scientists and engineers
involved in the project were among The Beatles' biggest fans.
Dr Barry Geldzahler, the network's programme executive at Nasa
Headquarters in Washington, said: "I've been a Beatles fan for 45
years - as long as the Deep Space Network has been around. What a joy,
especially considering that Across the Universe is my personal
favourite Beatles song."
NASA Beams Beatles' Song Across Universe
NASA Beams Beatles' Song Across Universe
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