Shut down NASA!!!

What the fuck is this???
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Is Anyone Out There?

NASA Will Beam Beatles Song Into Deep Space

By GINA SUNSERI

Feb. 4, 2008 —

Is there life on other planets in our galaxy?

On the off chance there is, are you listening? Because today, NASA will spin a song into space for the first time  The Beatles' "Across the Universe" will go into deep space at 7 p.m. ET.

Today is the 40th anniversary of the song's first recording.

Paul McCartney is happy about being beamed into space. "Amazing! Well done, NASA!" McCartney wrote in a message to the space agency. "Send my love to the aliens. All the best, Paul."

This is also the 50th anniversary of NASA's founding and marks two other anniversaries for NASA: the launch, 50 years ago this week, of Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite, and the creation, 45 years ago, of the Deep Space Network, an international network of antennae that supports missions to explore the universe.

The Beatles transmission is being aimed at the North Star, Polaris, which is 431 light years from Earth. The song, written by John Lennon, will travel across the universe at a speed of 186,000 miles per second.
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