NASA beams The Beatles into space

[Acid]

http://www.whatgoeson.com/news/the-b...nto-space.html

Los Angeles -- January 31, 2008 -- The US space agency NASA undertakes an historic mission on Monday February 4th, when it will beam music into deep space for the first time ever. Though it has become commonplace to transmit music to manned spacecraft over the past 40 years as wake-up songs for astronauts, this will be the first time that a pure blast of music has been targeted to go further than an orbiting spacecraft. This transmission is targeted at Polaris ("The North Star") which is situated 2.5 quadrillion miles away. (A quadrillion is one thousand million million! So 2,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles away!) The song will take 431 years to reach Polaris, arriving in the year 2,439 AD.

The song selected for this mission "to boldly go where no music has gone before..." is the classic Beatles peace anthem "Across The Universe".

So instead of doing something useful, NASA is sending it's favorite iTunes selections to Polaris.

[Cebby]

Re: NASA beams The Beatles into space

We should have sent the entirety of 36 Chambers.

If there's life out there, they won't **** with us after that.

[daflyboys]

Re: NASA beams The Beatles into space

Once the aliens find out that Yoko Ono was responsible for their break-up, they won't take it as lightly as we earthlings did. Prepare for our destruction.

[aukevin]

Re: NASA beams The Beatles into space

The song will take 431 years to reach Polaris, arriving in the year 2,439 AD.

Well that's something to look forward to...

[ZB9]

Re: NASA beams The Beatles into space

We should have sent the entirety of 36 Chambers.

If there's life out there, they won't **** with us after that.

LMAO

[JRod]

Re: NASA beams The Beatles into space

Once the aliens find out that Yoko Ono was responsible for their break-up, they won't take it as lightly as we earthlings did. Prepare for our destruction.

No kidding.


Maybe as punishment they would make her our overlord.

[Chaos81]

Re: NASA beams The Beatles into space

:Waits patiently for people from the bone marrow/sperm thread to come over here and talk about how this is a waste of money:

[Brandon13]

Re: NASA beams The Beatles into space

Nice to see our taxes going towards something useful.

[mgoblue]

Re: NASA beams The Beatles into space

I hope the RIAA is actively pursuing NASA for prosecution. NASA's illegally broadcasting music without the permission of the owner. NASA's just a bittorrent of space, they are evil and should be stopped.

[bkfount]

Re: NASA beams The Beatles into space

I read somewhere that while most people think our transmissions have been going out into space for a long time, some scientists believe it turns into distorted noise after only so long.

So aliens might not even get our tv shows or music.

[Chief Illinimac]

Re: NASA beams The Beatles into space

We should have sent the entirety of 36 Chambers.

If there's life out there, they won't **** with us after that.

[Brankles]

Re: NASA beams The Beatles into space

NASA wins the Golden Fleece lifetime achievement award.

[SPTO]

Re: NASA beams The Beatles into space

Bah....They should've beamed Marvin Gaye's WHAT'S GOING ON album

[Kodii Rockets]

Re: NASA beams The Beatles into space

I would honestly like to know how this improves the greater good of humanity. What exactly is the purpose of this? seriously? Although that Wu would kinda set it off right...

[daflyboys]

Re: NASA beams The Beatles into space

No kidding.


Maybe as punishment they would make her our overlord.

Good point. If true, I would most definitely need to jump off the planet!:

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