The European Space Agency is launching a competition for the creation of a 10-song list to be used by International Space Station astronauts. The ESA is asking which songs people play when they wish to feel happy and which songs are played if a person is feeling lonely or sad. The winning list will be loaded onto an iPod and sent to the space station aboard the ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle, which will make its maiden flight this year.
The winner’s playlist will be downloaded onto an iPod and sent to the ISS in ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), which will be making its maiden flight later this year. The 20 tonne craft, named ‘Jules Verne’, after the famous French science fiction writer, will be delivering about seven tonnes of cargo to the astronauts living in the International Space Station.
Ten European countries are participating in the ATV programme: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
Competition rules:
• The competition is only open to young people under 18 years of age.
• Entries are only accepted from nationals of the following countries which are participating in the ATV programme: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
• The deadline for entries is 10 May 2007.
• The winners will be announced in June 2007.
• Relatives of ESA staff members are not allowed to take part in this competition.
• The decision of the judges is final.
The Grand Prize for the overall winner will be a trip to see the ATV launch in Kourou, French Guiana (South America) as well as having their playlist sent to space on board the ATV. One prize for the best entry from each country. Each national winner will win a day trip to the European Astronaut Centre in Germany.
Entries can be submitted here.
how about “Will it go round in circles?”
…”will it fly high like a bird up in the sky?….”
hehe
Ground Control to Major Tom
“Magic Carpet Ride” by Steppenwolf
Only open to under-18s?
Ha! Typical Euro ageism at work.
Countryism too I note.
Norway and iPods? Any Norwegian kid who wins an iPod likely would be jailed for consorting with the enemy.
99 Red Balloons
And what is the name of the 80’s hit “….drifting onwards”. the song was totally about space travel.
Louis Armstrong – What a Beautiful World
Magic Carpet Ride (Techno Remix) by The Crystal Method and Fatboy Slim
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Play when especially depressed.
That should result in having the first murder in space.
Nah!!
Used To Love Her- Guns ‘n Roses
(but I had to kill her, she bitched so much. She’s burried right in my backyard…and I’m happier this way…)
That will do it. hahahaha!
gotta be a long song… like .. uhhh maybe
Inna-gadda-da-vida !!
(ahhhh you kids today wouldnt know real music if you tripped over it !)
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“Rocket Man”…….but by William Shatner
ESA? Are you kidding? Whateever it is, it’ll be better than NASA’s entry… Deep Purple’s “Burn”
Space Oddity. Just do the original Bowie and all the covers for it. That should get you 10 for your list real quick…
Now come on NASA, do a contest like this for the US astronauts, and don’t limit to kids–at least not only kids by the calendar
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“Walking on Sunshine”
– Katrina and the Waves
“Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight.”
– Starland Vocal Band
“Black Hole Sun”
– Soundgarden
“There is just one moon and one golden sun
And a smile means friendship to everyone.
Though the mountains divide
And the oceans are wide
It’s a small, small world.”
– Disney (Steve’s other company)
Q2 Results are there
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/04/25results.html
@ Wil
You are thinking of “The Final Countdown” by Europe.
Yep, that would be a good one! 😀
HOLY CRAP! Check out Apple’s Q2 results! Suh-weeet!
How ’bout
Stone Free and Astro Man by Hendrix
Outer Space and Will it Go Round in Circles by Billy Preston
What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
Low Rider by War
</b>I hope the bold tag is gone.
What about ‘I Believe I Can Fly’ by R. Kelly?
“Thunderbird” by ZZ Top (‘Get high, everybody, get high’)
“We’re All Alone” by Boz Scaggs
“Life In The Fast Lane” by The Eagles
“Fly Like An Eagle” by Steve Miller
“Fly Me To The Moon” Johnny Mathis version
“Falling” by Roy Orbison
“Hillbillies From Outer Space” Jimmy and S.R. Vaughn
Just a few Texan songs……
I can’t say “European Space Agency” without snickering.
“Flying” – The Beatles
“Wish I could Fly Like Superman” – The Kinks
“Space Cowboy” – Steve Miller Band