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NASA's Playlist for the Mars Rover Mission
TaddyPorter writes "'It has become somewhat of a NASA tradition that during missions to space a wake-up song is played at the beginning of each day's mission.' Over at atsnn.com a NASA Mars mission manager contributed their playlist. What's even more interesting is what song has been played and why, for instance, when NASA lost communications S.O.S by ABBA was played and when the system experienced a flash problem the Flash Gordon theme song by Queen was used."
Sol 23: Start Me Up, by the Rolling Stones. (Booting in crippled mode.)
*ROTFLMAO*
Yes, this isn't the first time "Start Me Up" has been used to describe a crippled OS.
Flash! ah-ahh!
Savior of the Universe!
Flash! ah-ahh!
He'll save everyone of us!
Flash! ah-ahh!
He's a miracle!
Flash! ah-ahh!
King of the impossible!
He's for everyone of us!
Stands for everyone of us!
He saves with a mighty hand!
Every man every woman!
Every child-he's a mighty!
Flash.
He's just a man
With a man's courage
Nothing but a man
But he can never fail
No-one but the pure at heart
May find the Golden Grail
That strikes me as a particularly ill-chosen adjective to describe a lullaby.
My deviantArt site
Earth day == "day" Mars day == "Sol" Lunar day == ? Jupiter day == ? Saturn day == "Saturnalia" Venereal day == "Lucky"
...that when they were booting in "crippled mode" they played "Start Me Up" by the Rolling Stones, which Microsoft used at one time to promote Windows. Windows = "crippled mode"? You be the judge.
Actually, maybe NASA could tell the RIAA that the licenses are on the rovers and that they'll send the RIAA reps up there to investigate.... Given the number of failures of Mars missions, I think it's a good idea....
WWJD.... for a Klondike bar?