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2/1/2008) A press release issued Thursday:

NASA BEAMS BEATLES INTO SPACE!

FIRST-EVER TRANSMISSION OF MUSIC TO FAR END OF GALAXY

Across The Universe Goes Across The Universe!

Public Invited To Join In And Create " Harmonic Convergence "

Los Angeles – January 31, 2008. The US space agency NASA undertakes

an historic mission on Monday February 4th – when it will beam music

into deep space for the first time ever. Though it has become

commonplace to transmit music to manned spacecraft over the past 40

years as wake-up songs for astronauts – this will be the first time

that a pure blast of music has been targeted to go further than an

orbiting spacecraft. This transmission is targeted at Polaris ( " The

North Star " ) which is situated 2.5 quadrillion miles away. (A

quadrillion is one thousand million million! So

2,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles away!) The song will take 431

years to reach Polaris – arriving in the year 2,439 AD.

The song selected for this mission " to boldly go where no music has

gone before… " is the classic Beatles peace anthem " Across The

Universe " .

The historic event is to commemorate a series of coinciding

anniversaries:

2008 is the 50th anniversary of the formation of NASA

2008 is also the 50th anniversary of key events in the formation of

The Beatles

The first US satellite (Explorer 1) was launched into space exactly

50 years ago

February 4th is the exact 40th anniversary of the Beatles recording

the song " Across The Universe "

To commemorate all these anniversaries, February 4th has been

declared " Across The Universe Day " . As part of the celebrations, the

public throughout the world is invited to join with NASA and create

a " universal harmonic convergence " by simultaneously playing the

song " Across The Universe " at the exact same time that it is being

beamed Across The Universe.

NASA's Deep Space Network antenna will beam " Across The Universe "

into outer space next Monday (4th February). The transmission into

space begins at 7:00pm Eastern Standard Time. (4:00pm Pacific

Standard Time).

All the details of how the public can join in on this historic event

are contained on the event's official website – which also has

a " time converter " informing people across the globe what time the

event takes place in their time zone.

http://www.AcrossTheUniverseDay.com

Former Beatle Sir McCartney has expressed great pleasure at the

news that the Beatles song is being beamed into space – and sent the

following message to NASA:

" Amazing! Well done NASA! Send my love to the aliens. All the best,

"

Yoko Ono – widow of the late Lennon – is delighted that

Lennon's song of universal love and peace is being sent to the stars

and has stated:

" I see that this is the beginning of the new age in which we will

communicate with billions of planets across the universe. "

BACKGROUND AND ADDITIONAL DETAILS:

Though this will be the first time that music has ever been beamed

into Deep Space - NASA has a long history of transmitting music –

including Beatles songs – to spacecraft as wake-up music for their

astronauts. The first song was transmitted in 1965 - " Hello Dolly "

played to the crew of Gemini 6. Among the Beatles songs that have

been astronaut favorites - " Here Comes The Sun " , " Ticket To Ride " , " A

Hard Day's Night "

This astronaut affection for Beatles music eventually led to Sir

McCartney being the first person to ever perform live music that was

relayed into space. He gave a concert that was beamed to the

International Space Station in November 2005 – for which he performed

his 1966 Beatles song " Good Day Sunshine " .

NASA is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout this year. And

there are actually some notable parallels between NASA and the

Beatles:

NASA was a fledgling outfit in 1958. The first US satellite was

launched exactly 50 years ago this week - and by year's end the US

Congress had formed NASA to continue the quest for space exploration.

That first satellite ( " Explorer 1 " ) was the first step on the journey

that led NASA to later triumphs in the 1960s and beyond.

The group that became the Beatles was also a fledgling outfit in

1958. It was exactly 50 years ago, in February 1958, that

on joined Lennon and McCartney in their primitive

rock `n' roll band The Quarrymen (changing their name to become the

Beatles in 1960.) And later in 1958, the three of them made their

very first recordings. The first step on the journey that led the

Beatles to later triumphs in the 1960s and beyond as solo artists.

NASA and the Beatles both raised their profiles into the stratosphere

in the 1960s – and both have gone from strength to strength in public

esteem ever since.

Many of the senior NASA engineers and staff are huge Beatles fans –

and this was a factor in the selection of " Across The Universe " as

the first piece of music to ever be beamed into Deep Space. It is

being sent as an offering of peace and harmony to whoever (and

whatever) is out there!

The song is targeted at Polaris - " The North Star " that was Man's

first navigational guide. Polaris is situated 431 Light Years into

space. Each " Light Year " is a distance of 5,878,625,373,183 miles

This cosmic message-in-a-bottle from Planet Earth will travel at the

Speed Of Light – 186,000 miles per second!

The song will take 431 years to reach Polaris – arriving in the year

2,439 AD.

The song will travel 2.5 quadrillion miles away. (A quadrillion is

one thousand million million! So 2,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

miles away!)

According to scientists, as the beam containing the song propagates

across the universe, the signal could theoretically be picked up by

anyone or anything with the right equipment. Especially if they are

Beatles fans…

If the song hits Polaris and bounces back to Earth – it would reach

us in the year 2870 AD! (345 years after Zager & " In The Year

2525 " is reissued!)

As the radius of our galaxy is only 50,000 light years, after hitting

Polaris, the song could travel on beyond our galaxy towards

the " background stars "

Monday February 4th is the exact 40th anniversary of the first

recording of that song in 1968 by The Beatles. This took place at the

EMI Studios in Abbey Road, London.

The song, officially credited to Lennon-McCartney but written

primarily by Lennon, was one of Lennon's favorite songs. The

Beatles have released four separate versions of it since it was

recorded. The version that is being beamed into space is the very

first released version. • The song " Across The Universe " has been

performed by many artists including Bono, Bowie, Stevie Wonder,

Cyndi Lauper, Norah , (Beach Boys), Waters

(Pink Floyd), Tyler (Aerosmith), Billie Joe Armstrong (Green

Day), Robyn Hitchcock, Rufus Wainwright, Lennon, Moby, Tim

McGraw, Weiland, Keys, Alison Krauss, Velvet Revolver,

Fiona Apple, 10cc. • " Across The Universe " was recently utilized as

the title song of a movie musical that incorporated 33 Beatles songs

and featured U2 singer Bono. The film was released theatrically in

September 2007 and is being released on DVD in February 2008.

The beaming of the song into space is being masterminded at the Jet

Propulsion Laboratory - the center that built and successfully

launched the first US satellite " Explorer 1 " exactly 50 years ago.

JPL also manages the Deep Space Network. The countdown to the

historic transmission will commence at JPL in Pasadena, California -

which will transmit the song to NASA's Deep Space Communications

Complex in Madrid, Spain that will then launch the song into space

via a 70-meter diameter DSS-63 antenna. The antenna is usually used

to communicate with deep space spacecraft, such as Voyager, Cassini,

MER, and others.

All the details, including how fans can be part of this, are at the

official website: http://www.AcrossTheUniverseDay.com

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If you want to participate on the 4th -guess this counts!

>

> 2/1/2008) A press release issued Thursday:

>

> NASA BEAMS BEATLES INTO SPACE!

> FIRST-EVER TRANSMISSION OF MUSIC TO FAR END OF GALAXY

>

> Across The Universe Goes Across The Universe!

>

> Public Invited To Join In And Create " Harmonic Convergence "

>

> Los Angeles – January 31, 2008. The US space agency NASA undertakes

> an historic mission on Monday February 4th – when it will beam

music

> into deep space for the first time ever. Though it has become

> commonplace to transmit music to manned spacecraft over the past 40

> years as wake-up songs for astronauts – this will be the first time

> that a pure blast of music has been targeted to go further than an

> orbiting spacecraft. This transmission is targeted at Polaris ( " The

> North Star " ) which is situated 2.5 quadrillion miles away. (A

> quadrillion is one thousand million million! So

> 2,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles away!) The song will take

431

> years to reach Polaris – arriving in the year 2,439 AD.

>

> The song selected for this mission " to boldly go where no music has

> gone before… " is the classic Beatles peace anthem " Across The

> Universe " .

>

> The historic event is to commemorate a series of coinciding

> anniversaries:

>

> 2008 is the 50th anniversary of the formation of NASA

> 2008 is also the 50th anniversary of key events in the formation of

> The Beatles

> The first US satellite (Explorer 1) was launched into space exactly

> 50 years ago

> February 4th is the exact 40th anniversary of the Beatles recording

> the song " Across The Universe "

> To commemorate all these anniversaries, February 4th has been

> declared " Across The Universe Day " . As part of the celebrations,

the

> public throughout the world is invited to join with NASA and create

> a " universal harmonic convergence " by simultaneously playing the

> song " Across The Universe " at the exact same time that it is being

> beamed Across The Universe.

> NASA's Deep Space Network antenna will beam " Across The Universe "

> into outer space next Monday (4th February). The transmission into

> space begins at 7:00pm Eastern Standard Time. (4:00pm Pacific

> Standard Time).

>

> All the details of how the public can join in on this historic

event

> are contained on the event's official website – which also has

> a " time converter " informing people across the globe what time the

> event takes place in their time zone.

>

> http://www.AcrossTheUniverseDay.com

>

> Former Beatle Sir McCartney has expressed great pleasure at

the

> news that the Beatles song is being beamed into space – and sent

the

> following message to NASA:

>

>

> " Amazing! Well done NASA! Send my love to the aliens. All the best,

> "

> Yoko Ono – widow of the late Lennon – is delighted that

> Lennon's song of universal love and peace is being sent to the

stars

> and has stated:

> " I see that this is the beginning of the new age in which we will

> communicate with billions of planets across the universe. "

>

> BACKGROUND AND ADDITIONAL DETAILS:

> Though this will be the first time that music has ever been beamed

> into Deep Space - NASA has a long history of transmitting music –

> including Beatles songs – to spacecraft as wake-up music for their

> astronauts. The first song was transmitted in 1965 - " Hello Dolly "

> played to the crew of Gemini 6. Among the Beatles songs that have

> been astronaut favorites - " Here Comes The Sun " , " Ticket To

Ride " , " A

> Hard Day's Night "

>

> This astronaut affection for Beatles music eventually led to Sir

> McCartney being the first person to ever perform live music that

was

> relayed into space. He gave a concert that was beamed to the

> International Space Station in November 2005 – for which he

performed

> his 1966 Beatles song " Good Day Sunshine " .

>

> NASA is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout this year. And

> there are actually some notable parallels between NASA and the

> Beatles:

>

>

> NASA was a fledgling outfit in 1958. The first US satellite was

> launched exactly 50 years ago this week - and by year's end the US

> Congress had formed NASA to continue the quest for space

exploration.

> That first satellite ( " Explorer 1 " ) was the first step on the

journey

> that led NASA to later triumphs in the 1960s and beyond.

> The group that became the Beatles was also a fledgling outfit in

> 1958. It was exactly 50 years ago, in February 1958, that

> on joined Lennon and McCartney in their primitive

> rock `n' roll band The Quarrymen (changing their name to become the

> Beatles in 1960.) And later in 1958, the three of them made their

> very first recordings. The first step on the journey that led the

> Beatles to later triumphs in the 1960s and beyond as solo artists.

> NASA and the Beatles both raised their profiles into the

stratosphere

> in the 1960s – and both have gone from strength to strength in

public

> esteem ever since.

> Many of the senior NASA engineers and staff are huge Beatles fans –

> and this was a factor in the selection of " Across The Universe " as

> the first piece of music to ever be beamed into Deep Space. It is

> being sent as an offering of peace and harmony to whoever (and

> whatever) is out there!

> The song is targeted at Polaris - " The North Star " that was Man's

> first navigational guide. Polaris is situated 431 Light Years into

> space. Each " Light Year " is a distance of 5,878,625,373,183 miles

> This cosmic message-in-a-bottle from Planet Earth will travel at

the

> Speed Of Light – 186,000 miles per second!

> The song will take 431 years to reach Polaris – arriving in the

year

> 2,439 AD.

> The song will travel 2.5 quadrillion miles away. (A quadrillion is

> one thousand million million! So 2,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

> miles away!)

> According to scientists, as the beam containing the song propagates

> across the universe, the signal could theoretically be picked up by

> anyone or anything with the right equipment. Especially if they are

> Beatles fans…

> If the song hits Polaris and bounces back to Earth – it would reach

> us in the year 2870 AD! (345 years after Zager & " In The Year

> 2525 " is reissued!)

> As the radius of our galaxy is only 50,000 light years, after

hitting

> Polaris, the song could travel on beyond our galaxy towards

> the " background stars "

> Monday February 4th is the exact 40th anniversary of the first

> recording of that song in 1968 by The Beatles. This took place at

the

> EMI Studios in Abbey Road, London.

> The song, officially credited to Lennon-McCartney but written

> primarily by Lennon, was one of Lennon's favorite songs. The

> Beatles have released four separate versions of it since it was

> recorded. The version that is being beamed into space is the very

> first released version. • The song " Across The Universe " has been

> performed by many artists including Bono, Bowie, Stevie

Wonder,

> Cyndi Lauper, Norah , (Beach Boys), Waters

> (Pink Floyd), Tyler (Aerosmith), Billie Joe Armstrong (Green

> Day), Robyn Hitchcock, Rufus Wainwright, Lennon, Moby, Tim

> McGraw, Weiland, Keys, Alison Krauss, Velvet Revolver,

> Fiona Apple, 10cc. • " Across The Universe " was recently utilized as

> the title song of a movie musical that incorporated 33 Beatles

songs

> and featured U2 singer Bono. The film was released theatrically in

> September 2007 and is being released on DVD in February 2008.

> The beaming of the song into space is being masterminded at the Jet

> Propulsion Laboratory - the center that built and successfully

> launched the first US satellite " Explorer 1 " exactly 50 years ago.

> JPL also manages the Deep Space Network. The countdown to the

> historic transmission will commence at JPL in Pasadena, California -

> which will transmit the song to NASA's Deep Space Communications

> Complex in Madrid, Spain that will then launch the song into space

> via a 70-meter diameter DSS-63 antenna. The antenna is usually used

> to communicate with deep space spacecraft, such as Voyager,

Cassini,

> MER, and others.

>

> All the details, including how fans can be part of this, are at the

> official website: http://www.AcrossTheUniverseDay.com

>

> =====

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