"Across the Universe"? Isn't that song also known as "Jai Guru Deva"?
On 2/1/08, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That song is about Maharishi, Guru Dev, and TM > > OffWorld > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > NASA launching Beatles tune into space > > > > Fri Feb 1, 11:07 AM ET > > > > WASHINGTON - The Beatles are about to become radio stars in a whole > new way. > > NASA on Monday will broadcast the Beatles' song "Across the > Universe" across > > the galaxy to Polaris, the North Star. > > > > This first-ever beaming of a radio song by the space agency > directly into > > deep space is nostalgia-driven. It celebrates the 40th anniversary > of the > > song, the 45th anniversary of NASA's Deep Space Network, which > communicates > > with its distant probes, and the 50th anniversary of NASA. > > > > "Send my love to the aliens," Paul McCartney told NASA through a > Beatles > > historian. "All the best, Paul." > > > > The song, written by McCartney and John Lennon, may have a ticket > to ride > > and will be flying at the speed of light. But it will take 431 > years along a > > long and winding road to reach its final destination. That's > because Polaris > > is 2.5 quadrillion miles away. > > > > NASA loaded an MP3 of the song, just under four minutes in its > original > > version, and will transmit it digitally at 7 p.m. EST Monday from > its giant > > antenna in Madrid, Spain. But if you wanted to hear it on Polaris, > you would > > need an antenna and a receiver to convert it back to music, the > same way > > people receive satellite television. > > > > The idea came from Martin Lewis, a Los Angeles-based Beatles > historian, who > > then got permission from McCartney, Yoko Ono and the two companies > that own > > the rights to Beatles' music. One of those companies, Apple, was > happy to > > approve the idea because is "always looking for new markets," Lewis > said. > > > > Perhaps coincidentally, the song's launching comes a day before the > release > > of the DVD of the Julie Taymor movie named after the Beatles hit. >
