Monday, February 4, 2008

Across the Universe Day...






I was tagged by Chris, http://blog.werelivingwell.com/

I've been tagged by Chris for Across the Universe Day.


Today, February 4, 2008, at 00:00 GMT (7:00 p.m. New York /EST), NASA will beam the Beatles’ “Across The Universe” to the star Polaris, 431 light years away (that’s 431 years travel at the speed of light before our all-time favorite Beatles song reaches the 2.5 quadrillion miles away star). This is being done to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the song, the 45th anniversary of NASA’s Deep Space Network, an international network of antennas that supports missions to explore the universe, and the 50th anniversary of NASA.

Across the Universe

NASA has invited people around the world to play “Across the Universe” on their audio systems at the same time NASA beams its mp3 version into outer space. The idea was hatched by Beatles’ historian Martin Lewis, who encourages all Beatles fans to play the track as it is being beamed to the distant star. Additionally, this date will be known as “Across the Universe Day”. The event marks the first time a radio song has been beamed into deep space.

Join the celebration!

Bloggers, let’s do this! This blog got the track ready. I also added Fiona Apple’s version and Beatles’ Here Comes The Sun to the playlist. You can add the playlist to your blog or site, I’ve included its code below. Please invite other bloggers as well to join the celebration.

lol to figure out how to do the code, please go to Chris's blog...all is get is more and more of the playlist...

i tag:
cotojo:::: http://grottynosh.wordpress.com/

Jeannie::: http://coolcanine.blogspot.com/

Rachelle::http://rachellemc.blogspot.com/




























2 comments:

Unknown said...

Cool.... I like that idea.

Also, I tagged you on my blog. :)

Marvin -The Hollow Hound said...

Excellent idea! Thank you!

I have a horrible cold and toothache, so will give it all a go when I am feeling better!

Jeannie

http://coolcanine.blogspot.com

sorry I cant do proper links on the comment boxes.....