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Paul McCartney to beam concert into space
Reuters - Science ^
| 2005-11-10
Posted on 11/10/2005 1:08:51 PM PST by Junior
LONDON (Reuters) - Former Beatle Paul McCartney is to broadcast live into space from a U.S. concert to two astronauts circling the globe.
He will play "Good Day Sunshine" and one of his latest songs, "English Tea," to NASA astronaut Bill McArthur and Russian cosmonaut Valery Tokarev who are on an international space station 220 miles above the earth.
McCartney, who will be singing into space Saturday from Anaheim, California via NASA television, got the idea when he discovered that the crew of the spaceship Discovery were treated to a burst of "Good Day Sunshine" in August as a wake-up call from Mission Control.
"I was extremely proud to find out that one of my songs was played for the crew of Discovery this summer. In our concert we hope to repay the favor," he said in a statement.
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: beatle; eileen
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Great. Now the aliens have an excuse to invade.
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posted on
11/10/2005 1:08:51 PM PST
by
Junior
To: Junior
whats the frequency Paul?..Paul? the frequency
Doogle
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posted on
11/10/2005 1:10:53 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF...7thAF ..4077th TFW...408th MMS..Ubon Thailand.."69",,Night Line Delivery..AMMO)
To: Junior
In space, no one can hear you suck.
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posted on
11/10/2005 1:11:22 PM PST
by
inkling
To: Junior
In spite of all his PETA nuttiness, "Sir Paul" is a pretty good sort...
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posted on
11/10/2005 1:11:34 PM PST
by
BigEdLB
(BigEd)
To: Junior
And not take any prisoners...
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posted on
11/10/2005 1:12:27 PM PST
by
Axenolith
(Got Au? Ag?)
To: Doogle
"whats the frequency Paul?..Paul? the frequency"
That's funny! Thanks for a good laugh.
To: Junior
Invade? They'd be repelled !.......
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posted on
11/10/2005 1:13:02 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Whatever happened to formulas 1 through 408?.........)
To: Junior
He gave them an excuse a long time ago by forming Wings.
To: Junior
Why not "Back in the U.S.S.R.?"
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posted on
11/10/2005 1:13:27 PM PST
by
SuperSonic
(Don't just complain. Do something productive! >> www.clubforgrowth.org <<)
To: Junior
Could he do us a favor and beam Yoko into space while he's at it?
To: Junior
Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life on this planet.
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posted on
11/10/2005 1:13:52 PM PST
by
Godzilla
( How do I set a laser printer to stun?)
To: BigEdLB
And if the earth is still around, people will still be listening to his songs in 500 years. Some things will never grow old.
To: Junior
If anyone's out there listening, this will convince them that there's no intelligent life on earth.
To: Junior
"Disaster Area"
Is Al Gore flying the stunt ship ?
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posted on
11/10/2005 1:14:34 PM PST
by
Zathras
To: Junior
"Houston, permission to abort flight!"
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posted on
11/10/2005 1:15:07 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
("in the end, nothing explains anything.")
To: Junior
The poor astronauts have enough trouble keeping down their food.
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posted on
11/10/2005 1:15:37 PM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(I shot an error into the air. It's still going everywhere. R. A. HEINLEIN)
To: Junior
Could have been worse: Yoko Ono's greatest hits.
Or Rosanne Barr does National Anthems.
To: Zathras
A
Hitchhiker's Guide reference. Bravo.
Maybe Gore should spend a year dead -- you know, for tax purposes.
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posted on
11/10/2005 1:16:19 PM PST
by
Junior
(From now on, I'll stick to science, and leave the hunting alien mutants to the experts!)
I'm so excited.
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posted on
11/10/2005 1:16:54 PM PST
by
evets
(God bless president Bush!)
To: Junior
'Paul McCartney to beam Yoko Ono into the Sun'
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