In order to promote its Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), the European Space Agency held a contest last summer. The rules were simple; send in a playlist of ten songs to load onto an MP3 player that the un-manned ATV would fly up to astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Therese Miljeteig, a 14-year-old from Norway, won the competition with this playlist…
Here Comes The Sun – Beatles
Come Fly With Me – Frank Sinatra
Rocket Man – Elton John
Up Where We Belong – Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
Imagine – John Lennon
Flashdance – What A Feeling – Irene Cara
Walk of Life – Dire Straits
Fly – Celine Dion
Rockin’ All Over The World – Status Quo
I Believe I Can Fly – R Kelly
…a playlist for which I will reserve comment, other than to say “Congratulations, little girl! You did it! Hooray for space! SK8 STR8! Stay in school and what-have-you!”
Her prize will be to travel to French Guiana this Sunday to watch the Jules Verne ATV vessel launch supplies, including the MP3 player, up to the space station.
Music heading ‘out of this world’ [ESA.int] via vnunet.com