1. |
Star-Filled Sea
02:47
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Solo: Our rocket stands tall on the pad
Callout: Heeding the call and away we go
Solo: Saying goodbyes both happy and sad
Callout: An Earthly life, we shall forego
Solo: Light this candle under me
Together: Got a one-way ticket to the star-filled sea
[Chorus]
We’re outward bound to a new frontier
Leaving Earth and our lives so dear
Fill the void with humanity
Got a one-way ticket to the star-filled sea
Colonizers on route to Mars
Pressure tanks are at full bars
Systems operating nominally
Although we get the best of views
All our food gets squeezed from tubes
That’s just life in microgravity
Hull’s reinforced with alloyed lead
Radiation won’t leave us dead
Let’s keep our zygotes cancer free
Exercising two hours a day
Keeps the osteoblasts away
Maintain our bone density
Our trip now ends with seven minutes of fear
Screaming through the Martian atmosphere
Boots on the ground from our capsule freed
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2. |
Space Teddy Bear
04:06
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[Chorus A]
I’m a… Space Teddy Bear! Yeah, yeah!
Tiny and small, but I’m strong and I’m tough
You can find me anywhere the landscape is rough
I’m a… Space Teddy Bear! Yeah, yeah!
[Verse 1]
I’m a tardigrade, but I think you’ll agree
Space Teddy Bear’s a better name for me
I can survive without water or air
I hibernate just like a tiny polar bear
Eight pudgy legs but I’m not an arachnid
My body is resilient and I’m well adapted
Space can’t hurt me, it’s a mystery
I can live outside in microgravity
[Chorus A]
[Verse 2]
I’ve got lots of friends all over the world
In the jungles, in volcanoes, in tornado swirls
In the cities, in the swamps, at the bottom of the sea,
Lots of pudgy teddy bears just like me
Go to a pond and take your microscope
My family’s looking at you through a telescope
They’re cheering me on from far away
As I blast off on this rocket bound for Mars today
[Chorus A]
[Verse 3]
On your spaceship, you don’t know I’m there
Mass so low, I’m almost lighter than air
I’ll hang out on your backup camera lens
Decompression sickness doesn’t give me the bends
Radiation can’t keep me down
If I end up in your cooling pipes, I won’t even drown
If you value science objectivity
You gotta take measures to get rid of me
[Chorus B]
I’m a… Space Teddy Bear! Yeah, yeah!
Hitching a ride on a robot’s side
I’ll be your little microscopic stellar guide!
A little… Space Teddy Bear! Yeah, yeah!
[BREAK]
Space teddy bear! Space space teddy bear!
Space teddy bear! Yeah! Yeah!
[Verse 4]
What comes next, now that I’m here
I’ll contaminate the Martian biosphere
Invasive species, now I’m free to roam
Around this little planet that I now call my home
Gonna make it hard for them to see
If life formed on this planet naturally
Wouldn’t you guess, I brought some embryos
Gonna drop a few wherever this rover goes
[Chorus B]
[Verse 5]
I’m a little cutie, I think you’ll agree
But other planets shouldn’t see the likes of me
Other biospheres that we should discuss
Are Europa, Io, Titan, and Enceladus
Once I’m there, my spread can’t be reversed
So protect the solar system and keep me near Earth
Don’t mess up the bioscience knowledge base
And clean your satellites before you put them in space!
[Chorus B]
[OUTRO]
Space teddy bear! Space space teddy bear!
Space teddy bear! Space space teddy bear!
Space teddy bear! Yeah! Yeah!
Hitching a ride on a robot’s side!
Space teddy bear! Space space teddy bear!
Space teddy bear! Space space teddy bear!
Space teddy bear! Yeah! Yeah!
I’ll be your little microscopic stellar guide!
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3. |
To The Moon We Go
02:06
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Solo Line 1: Now we are ready to head for the Moon
Callout: Way, hay, all systems go
Solo Line 2: Our engines will blast like a fiery typhoon
Callout: We are astronauts, to the Moon we go!
[Chorus]
Line 1: To the Moon, oh fire away
Call 1: Way, hay, all systems go
Line 2: The Gateway's in orbit, our spacesuits are stowed
Call 2: We are astronauts, to the Moon we go!
Crew the new capsule, we’ve heeded the call
The T-F-N-Gs would be proud of us all
Soon we'll be launching on Artemis 1
Our delta-V margins are second to none
We’ll sail to the halo and slingshot around
We’ll land on the surface, get boots on the ground
Shackleton Crater is where we will stay
Get crackin’ the ice, it’s a long lunar day
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4. |
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[Verse]
What shall we do with a Martian Rover
What shall we do with a Martian Rover
What shall we do with a Martian Rover
On the Martian surface
[Chorus]
Way, hay, do some science
Way, hay, do some science
Way, hay, do some science
On the Martian surface
Drill some regolith and take a sample...
Launch a helicopter into Candor Chasm...
Figure out the history of liquid water...
Search for evidence of ancient lifeforms...
That's what we do with our Martian rover...
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5. |
Seven Minutes of Terror
02:44
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[Chorus]
Seven minutes of terror, seven minutes of fear
As our robot goes through the Martian atmosphere
No communication with the probe as it starts to descend
Pray that we built it right, pray this is not the end
The God of War, he beckons us, although we come in peace
In spite of this, a terror looms, (our hearts are filled with fear!)
And as the craft moves closer in the tension will in increase
And now our eyes are on the prize (the time to land is near!)
Our livelihoods are on the line we’ve worked on this so long
We engineers and scientists (our hearts are filled with fear!)
But we cannot control it now the window is now gone
The ion bath removes that path (the time to land is near!)
The landing craft has cameras and lots of drilling gear
The landing is the risky part (our hearts are filled with fear!)
Experiments and instruments to sample the atmosphere
The chassis is tough but the impact is rough (the time to land is near!)
The time delay prevents direct control of the final descent
No relay can connect the link (our hearts are filled with fear!)
We hope our software does its job, at least to some extent
My heart rate’s high the end is nigh (the time to land is near!)
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6. |
Go To Orbit No More
04:16
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[Verse 1]
When I first built small satellites, I went upon a spree
These craft, alas I built them fast, transformed the space industry
And when my satellites had been launched, 'twas then I built some more
To make money in space it’s a coverage race go to orbit once more
Once more, boys, once more, go to orbit once more
To make money in space it’s a coverage race go to orbit once more
[Verse 2]
My thousands of satellites filled the sky, we connected the internet
But traffic patterns constrained us much and collisions were deemed a threat
And still these efforts had high expense, cost cutting we did explore
Their lifetimes were short so we did not report when we changed their orbits once more
Once more, boys, once more, change their orbits once more
Their lifetimes were short so we did not report when we changed their orbits once more
[Verse 3]
A Russian GTO spent upper stage intersected our orbital plane
The CDMs showed the risk was low, to maneuver would be insane
But the last updates to our coordinates had been sent the day before
The thrusting cost would cause financial loss we ignored the warnings once more
Once more, boys, once more, ignored the warnings once more
The thrusting cost would cause financial loss, we ignored the warnings once more
[Verse 4]
The spent upper stage hit my satellite, cascading a cloud of debris
One by one other satellites fell, in all orbits eventually
All space-based services disappeared, causing chaos and panic galore
Then COPUOS said, that LEO was dead, we could go to orbit no more
No more, boys, no more, go to orbit no more
COPUOS said that LEO was dead, we could go to orbit no more
[Verse 5]
So come all you bold space companies, who listen to my song
Deorbit your satellites, let all know when you orbit location is wrong
Take my advice, heed warnings well, don't ignore operational norms
And beware not to roam and cause Kessler Syndrome or you’ll go to orbit no more
No more, boys, no more, go to orbit no more
Beware not to roam and cause Kessler Syndrome or you’ll go to orbit no more
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7. |
Let's Go! (Yuri Gagarin)
04:03
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[Chorus]
Yuri Gagarin! Hero of the motherland!
"Поехали!" he shouted to the world! Oh! May he rest in peace.
We won't forget you always in our hearts Our quest will never cease!
Born in a village, working on a farm, he was destined to do so much more!
He learned math and science, working night and day in a steel plant's fiery forge
He left his home and got into the Air Force, then the Cosmonaut Corps!
Not all was perfect, training was quite tough, he almost crashed a MiG-15!
Colonel Babushkin still recommended him for the job that was his dream!
His hard work and sacrifice and his leadership inspired his training team!
His comrades selected him as the very best, he was chosen to be first to fly
Aboard Vostok 1, this human vehicle, with no one by his side
This dangerous assignment, this bold and daring quest, he was prepared to die!
Rocket boosters firing, lifting off the ground, it was a blinding engineering sight!
"Let's go!" Yuri shouted at the ground control as he traveled to a starry night!
For one hundred and eight minutes he orbited the Earth, the first in human space flight!
Now we celebrate you, Yuri Gagarin, your bravery inspires humankind!
We explore this vast and empty cosmic space, with you always on our minds!
We'll never stop exploring and we'll go in peace for all, to this cradle we won't be confined!
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8. |
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[Verse 1]
We’ve mined the crust of Earth so bare
Save, save, save the Earth
But there’s more holes to dig up there
Dig for all you’re worth
On an M-type asteroid
Gently screaming through the void
Platinum and iron ore
Cobalt, gold, and so much more
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Broken apart, a differentiated core
Nickel, copper, silicon, and other metals we adore
Saving the Earth’s environment and more
A carbon neutral job is here
To save our home world’s atmosphere
[Chorus]
I am a dwarf and I'm digging in space
Diggy diggy hole, diggy diggy hole
I am a dwarf and I'm digging in space
Diggy, diggy hole, digging a hole
[Verse 2]
Nuclear power we will need
Far, far, out in space
To separate the metal feed
On our astral mining base
Rhodium, palladium
Ruthenium and indium
Melted by aluminum
With concentrated platinum
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Nickel-iron crystals, Widmundschatten patterns form
Osmium, iridium, an endless precious metal storm
Orbiting the Sun, in this rocky swarm
Rare-Earth elements we’ll see
Bringing great prosperity!
[Chorus x2]
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Exposed to the Sun, a proto-planetary core
We’ll sell it back on Earth, the concentrated metal ore
Delta-Vs be damned, it’s the perfect mining score
A dwarven planet waits for me
In space we’ll find our destiny!
[Chorus x2]
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9. |
The Space Walrus
02:02
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Solo: In Colorado he found a job within the US army
Call: You cannot hide because the Space Walrus knows
Solo: Analyzing the enemy assets in a secure facility
Call: You cannot outsmart him, his legend only grows
Solo: He looks with his electric eyes, scares you away so nobody dies so just
Together: Turn your tail and run away, Space Walrus saves the day!
He honed his skills in warcraft, his strategies are superior
With Jillian in his raiding party your odds were looking drearier
Slaughtering enemies like a disease, eating his waffles and winning with ease so just
Turn your tail and run away, Space Walrus saves the day!
Sending commands to satellites, their apogees are climbing
Master of positioning, navigation, and timing
Watching the enemies move on the ground, battlespace management gives them a pounding just
Turn your tail and run away, Space Walrus saves the day!
Maneuvers around the Earth with grace, his orbits are non-Keplerian
Attacking his prey with no hesitation just like a cosmic barbarian
He battled and slayed the Gorgatron, the Mooninites were just weak all along so just
Turn your tail and run away, Space Walrus saves the day!
What comes next for Space Walrus, he cannot be defeated
You can’t sustain this space chess game, your delta V’s depleted
You spent billions of dollars and what did you get? Radio silence from orbital wrecks so just
Turn your tail and run away, Space Walrus saves the day!
Slaughtering enemies like a disease, eating his waffles and winning with ease so just
Turn your tail and run away, Space Walrus saves the day!
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10. |
Bones in the Cosmos
03:08
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Oh, I bid farewell to the Earth and the sand
And I blast off away from East Florida’s marshlands
To search for my long-ago departed friends
To search for the place where brave astronauts end
As the souls of the dead fill the space of my mind
I'll search without sleeping 'til peace I can find
I fear not space weather, radiation, nor debris
I remember the fallen, do they think of me?
When their bones in the cosmos forever will be
Plot a course into space to a place I once knew
To a place where my hope died along with my crew
So I swallow my grief and face life's final test
To find promise of peace and the solace of rest
As the souls of the dead fill the space of my ears
Their laughter like children, their beckoning cheers
My heart longs to join them, reach their apogee
I remember the fallen, do they think of me?
When their bones in the cosmos forever will be
When at last before my ghostly crewmates I stand
I shed a small tear for my home upon land
Though their eyes speak of missions with terror and strife
Their smiles below say I don't owe them my life
As the deeds of the dead fill the space of my eyes
And my capsule is punctured and depressurized
I'm so far from people, the oceans and the trees
I remember the living do they think of me?
When my bones in the cosmos forever will be
Now that I'm staring into the blackest abyss
I'm not sure what I want but I don't think it's this
Aa-as my crewmates call to stand fast and forge on
I patch holes in my vessel 'til the danger is gone
As the souls of the brave live for'er in my mind
As I live all the years that they left me behind
I'll stay on the Earth but gaze up wistfully
I remember the fallen and they think of me
For our souls in the cosmos together will be
I remember the fallen and they think of me
For our souls in the cosmos together will be
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11. |
Hayabusa 2
02:55
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[Verse]
Solo 1: Oh, Hayabusa launched away
Call 1: Away Hayabusa
Solo 2: The second Japanese craft built this way
Call 2: To an asteroid called Ryugu
[Chorus]
Well take some dirt back to Earth so blue
Away Hayabusa
Regolith for science breakthrough
From an asteroid called Ryugu
We only want a tiny scoop
From a diamond-shaped rock in the Apollo group
Moving round the Sun with an ion thrust
A copper slug breaks the outer crust
Carried four hoppers in its payload bay
The gravity’s weak but they won’t float away
Left the surface with a thruster burn
Swung by Earth for the sample return
Its mission got extended out to 2031
Another space rock will feel its copper slug gun
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12. |
Pirate Radio Swarm
03:58
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Gather round, I’ll tell you a tale
Take some notes and drink up your ale
Space is big, on that we agree
But you can’t escape the FCC
Swarm Technologies had new ships
Barely the size of computer chips
Tiny, compact, and without much RAM (but they)
Didn’t get licensed by Uncle Sam
[Chorus]
Space Piracy is here!
Newest scourge of the final frontier
Pirate radio broadcast away
A new golden age began that day
They launched on India’s PSLV
Thought they’d escape U.S. policy
Tightly packed in a payload berth
Four SpaceBEEs launched off the Earth
Testing satellite internet
Comms devices with which to connect
Broadcast on unlicensed frequency
The first true case of space piracy
[Chorus]
Just too small to be tracked from the ground
Space traffic management worries abound
Causing high risk of orbit debris
Didn’t concern Swarm Technologies
SpaceFlight Services still let them go
Despite no license for radio
Interference that sensors could see from
Stepping on other high frequencies
[Chorus]
Nine hundred grand Swarm had to pay
For the illegal broadcast that day
Seems like just a slap on the wrist
Since this bad activity shouldn’t exist
But they kept the Feds at bay
Their one-hundred satellites orbit today
Business funding poured right in
To pay the fine for their orbital sin
[Chorus]
Venture capital funding was earned
So, from this, what did Swarm learn?
Piracy pays but that’s not good advice (cause in)
Orbital commons we all must play nice
Let’s not reward this piratical bluff
Space traffic management’s dang’rous enough
We must protect our orbital home (to pre
Vent the start of Kessler Syndrome
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
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13. |
Launching Up to Luna
02:03
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Solo Line: Launching up to Luna with a load of gear
Callout: Weigh, me crew, to Luna
Solo Line 2: Pushing the edges of the final frontier
Callout: Launching up to Luna
Chorus:
Call 1: Weigh, me crew, to Luna
Call 2: Launching up to Luna
Artemis is launching from the eastern cape
Navigatin’ ‘long to an Earth escape
South pole bound to our landing site
Sitting at the peaks of eternal light
Living in space long term is the goal
Mining the water from the crater hole
Looking at the crystals with a microscope
Studying the oxygen isotopes
Cleaning up the dust so it don’t cause leaks
With electrostatic dust sweeping techniques
Load these samples and home-ward go
Ground control, they told me so
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14. |
Космодром Байконур
03:39
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[Note: The names of Russian people and missions have been anglicized]
In the desert of Kazakhstan, towers made of metal rise high
From this base Russia goes to space, her adversaries keep a watchful eye
ICBMs with the means to explore, missile silos, airplanes and more
Global threats, or civil assets? A legacy of cold war
У реки Сырдарья, Кислотный дождь падает с неба.
(Near the Syr Darya river, acid rain falls from the sky)
Наши люди погибли, но мы победили
(Our people died, but we won)
Yuri Gagarin, Sergei Krikalev, Valentina Tereshkova
Герои Родины! Все они запустили отсюда!
(All heroes! They all launched from there!)
Baikonur! Cosmodrome! Space’s Russian home!
Cosmodrome! Baikonur! Tragedy endured!
They persevered in service to the final frontier!
Tensions rise and fall over time, superpowers on a global scale
Insulated from world politics, a legacy of science prevails
Differing ideals, recognizing flaws, partnering despite all odds
Without that base sending humans into space the ISS would have been lost!
Несчастные случаи стоили на Луну нам гонки
(Accidents cost us the race to the moon)
Мы продвигали науку разными способами
(But we still promoted science in many ways)
Soyuz, Buran, Vostok and Mir, Energia, Foton, Luna,
Molniya, Almaz, Sputnik, Proton, Zond, Salyut Vega Venera
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