02-02-2008, 02:51 AM
Macca: 'Send My Love To The Aliens'
Updated:14:05, Friday February 01, 2008
A Beatles song is about to be beamed across the universe at a speed of 186,000 miles per second.
The project will be a first. It will be the first time a track has ever been transmitted directly into space, Nasa says.
Across the Universe will be transmitted over the agency's Deep Space Network to mark the 40th anniversary of the song's recording.
It will be aimed at the North Star, Polaris, which is 431 light years away from Earth.
Sir Paul McCartney, in a message to Nasa, said: "Amazing! Well done, Nasa! Send my love to the aliens. All the best, Paul."
Yoko added: "I see that 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.
Sir Paul McCartney is delighted with the stunt. 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, 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."
The Deep Space Network is an international network of antennas that supports missions to explore the universe.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,9...html?f=rss
Updated:14:05, Friday February 01, 2008
A Beatles song is about to be beamed across the universe at a speed of 186,000 miles per second.
The project will be a first. It will be the first time a track has ever been transmitted directly into space, Nasa says.
Across the Universe will be transmitted over the agency's Deep Space Network to mark the 40th anniversary of the song's recording.
It will be aimed at the North Star, Polaris, which is 431 light years away from Earth.
Sir Paul McCartney, in a message to Nasa, said: "Amazing! Well done, Nasa! Send my love to the aliens. All the best, Paul."
Yoko added: "I see that 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.
Sir Paul McCartney is delighted with the stunt. 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, 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."
The Deep Space Network is an international network of antennas that supports missions to explore the universe.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,9...html?f=rss
