In Space, No One Can Hear Beatles Haters Scream
In a fantastic use of government dollars, NASA is going to beam the Beatles song “Across The Universe” into space on Monday. Get it? Because it’s going across the universe? Ho ho! According to the NYT, “at precisely 7 p.m., E.S.T. the song will be beamed by the agency’s Deep Space Network of antennas at the North Star, Polaris, which is 431 light years away.” Noted astronomer Brian May has yet to comment on this little stunt, which is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the song and the 50th anniversary of NASA, but no matter what he says, I’m sure the world’s baby boomers are thrilled that even before we’ve made interplanetary contact, we’re teaching beings that live on other planets about what “real music” truly is. [NYT]
