[CHORUS] Help me go (GO!) Navigate to Ganymede Way, hay, flying out to Ganymede Help me go (GO!) Navigate to Ganymede The biggest moon of Jupiter [VERSES] Galileo saw it in his telescope We’re gonna study its ice with a microscope Has a salty ocean underneath its surface The radiation out here makes me nervous Only moon to have a magnetosphere Has a very tenuous oxygen atmosphere Pioneer 10 got to fly by it first Voyager 2 took lots of pictures Bigger than Mercury, Pluto, and Earth’s moon Gonna study all of its ice cracks soon

[CHORUS] Farewell once again to our pale blue dot Will we ever know what our home is worth? And when I’m in outer space, I’ll take solace in my thoughts Of the cool green hills of our planet Earth [VERSES] Let the sweet fresh breezes of this sky heal me As they rove around its mighty girth Of our lovely mother home, this blue marble free Of the cool green hills of our planet Earth We rot in the molds of a hot Venus We retch and writhe from her tainted breath Foul jungles, poison dust, and flooded plains inhibit us Crawling with a terrifying and uncertain death We’ve tried to settle each new spinning space mote And we’ve reckoned with how we measure worth Take us all back again to the comfy homes of men On the cool green hills of our planet Earth The arching sky beckons with its call Space settlers back to their favorite trade "All hands! Stand by! Get ready for freefall!" And the lights down below us start to slowly fade Out ride the daring children of Earth, Terra Far drives the mighty thundering fire jet Up leaps an eager race to build another home in space Out far beyond where we’ve been and onward yet We pray for one last safe landing On the globe that kindly gave us birth Let us rest our tired eyes on the fleecy azure skies And the cool green hills of our planet Earth

[CHORUS] Test away Apollo One NASA’s away with Apollo One Fare thee well, don’t stop til it’s done They’re testing the crew of Apollo One [VERSES] Plucked from the finest of flight schools regaled From Mitchell, Grand Rapids, and Texas they hailed Grissom and Chaffee and Ed White unveiled As the ones to the fly of Apollo One Sputnik surprised us when it went overhead Yuri then beat us, it filled us with dread But Shepard and Glenn and Mercury led To the test of the crew of Apollo One Gemini marched on from Mercury Strategically building technology All were completed successfully They’re testing the crew of Apollo One The new Saturn V will be finished up soon We’ll use propaganda and Disney cartoons And beat the damn commies with men on the moon They’re testing the crew of Apollo One

Of all the work that e’er I’ve done I worked it chasing my wildest dream And of all the pain my toils did bring At least it was to mostly me And all I’ve lost for the goals of my life The list is long with many falls So fill to me the parting glass Good luck, and God be with you all Through all the toil that I’ve been through My mental health couldn’t take the strife The FAA won’t approve the meds That I need to function in daily life Through all the school I breezed through with ease One final test that I’ll never pass So fill to me the parting glass I won’t be joining this astronaut class Of all the cohorts that e’er I’ve seen None are better than the ones they chose Of all the friendships that helped me through Alas the road to my dream is closed And since it falls onto my lot That they shall fly, and I shall not I’ll watch them fly among the stars Good luck, and God be with you all Someone may shoot for the Moon and miss Doesn’t mean their life’s work fell in vain Someone may halt an arduous trek We can pray they find their purpose again And though the brave will travel to space I can’t join them in blissful freefall Come fill to me the parting glass Good luck, and God be with you all So fill to me the parting glass I can’t join any astronaut class

[CHORUS] Throw a DART at a rock in the sky Test the tech that we need to survive Don’t let Earth get hit by meteors Don’t go extinct like the dinosaurs [VERSES] The strategy for planetary defense Tells us to test out what might make sense To save planet Earth from hazards in space Benefits all of the human race The Double Asteroid Redirect’ Test Tries the technique we think might work best To stop the impact of PHOs Not to be used against Earthly foes Didymos has a small orbiting moon Gonna get hit by a copper slug soon DART’s gonna smack it and alter its speed Much information from this test we’ll heed Ground telescopes will observe the event And measure the delta-V change implement Its sister ship, AIM was meant to be flown But ESA bailed, so we went in alone Deflection? Disruption? We’re not really sure Depends on the asteroid’s interior Would it miss Earth entirely? Or split up and rain down as space debris? DARTs mission will give us much confidence On how best to come to Earth’s defense Let’s give a shout out to heroes we know Hail Lindley Johnson and the PDCO!

[VERSE 1] From the sands where the Bedouin and Muslim nomads roamed A national initiative where engineers and science found home In a land where the desert sky allows one to navigate by stars The first interplanetary mission from the country went to Mars [CHORUS 1] UAE has a mission to the Red Planet And that Martian probe is called the Hope! [VERSE 2] The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center was where the plans were laid The science lead Sarah Al Amiri was the one who led the way A humble but ambitious way to lead a nation’s critical campaign A reminder to the Arab world that they can lead in science once again [CHORUS 2] UAE has a mission to the Red Planet Emirates doing science ‘round the Red Planet And that probe will give the region Hope! [VERSE 3] So it launched in July 2020 from Japan (Lucky the pandemic didn’t cause a launch delay) Filling gaps in our understanding of the Martian climate is the plan (Building off the work that MAVEN still sends back today) The mysteries of this planet’s water history won’t hidden very far (Orbiting much higher than the probes that came before) Someday Arabs will be roaming on this crimson desert planet 'neath the stars! (And that Martian probe is called the) [CHORUS 3] UAE has a mission to the Red Planet Emirates doing science ‘round the Red Planet Studying the evolution of the Red Planet And it gives humanity some Hope!

[CHORUS] End Apollo, end it, Oh sadness reigns as we end it For the mission is done and the funds don’t flow And it’s time for us to end it [VERSES] I thought I heard our Congress say End Apollo, end it They took the taxpayer funding away And it’s time for us to end it We beat the Russians, and now we’re done End Apollo, end it We collected some rocks and we had our fun But it’s time for us to end it Our jobs returned ten-fold to GDP End Apollo, end it We led a boom advancing technology Yet it’s time for us to end it We built three more mighty Saturn Fives End Apollo, end it They rust away, mocking hungry lives So why is it time to end it? [OUTRO] End Apollo, end it, End Apollo, end it, No bucks, no Buck Rodgers so they say And it’s time for us to end it

[CHORUS] And it's radiation, boys, Solar weather, boys Out in deep space, we're all affected, boys Dangerous energies, particles blow Hurry to Mars now, boys, steady we go! [VERSES] Come all you brave astronauts, listen to me I'll sing of the dangers yours eyes cannot see Some of it’s trapped in Earth’s magnetic field Some of it’s too strong to properly shield We start with the alpha, a helium core Rips through your DNA, organs, and more Next is the beta, the smallest of all Penetrates well from the solar wind squall Then there’s the gamma, from matter decay Comes from Sun flares and from stars far away Cosmic rays are strongest of all They’ll dazzle your eyes and rips right thought the walls

Everything was nominal and then we lost telemetry Now we have an unscheduled rapid disassembly “Lithospheric braking” is what I write down It sounds a lot better than “it crashed into the ground” I finish my report and send it to my supervisor Now I’ve got to drug test and have a breathalyzer He shouted to my face “what the hell is wrong with you?” Our customers are mad because of this SNAFU Situation Nominal! (All fired up!) (x4) Everything is blown away (you won’t go to space today!) Now we’re out in space and we maximize utility Following the rules of space sustainability Our data stream says the situation’s nominal But space traffic says we’re outgassing volatiles Drifting out in GEO to another orbit slot Making other operators nervous and distraught The government asked “what the hell is wrong with you?” Our customers are mad because of this SNAFU Embrace the SNAFU! (Before it’s FUBAR!) (x8) Damn these satellites and their pitiful fragility If I don’t correct it, we will face a liability Light the ion thrusters up as if we’re tryna rave hard Gotta send this mess up to the orbital graveyard Finally get it up to its derelict home Trying not to cause a bout of Kepler Syndrome The owner operator wonders how it failed so hard Our financiers are mad but hey at least it’s not FUBAR Situation Nominal! (All fired up!) (x4) Situation Nominal! (It’s not FUBAR!) (x4) Everything is blown away (you won’t go to space today!)

[CHORUS] Way, ho, Sirisha, go! Out of the blue sky and into the black! Went into space and safely came back! Inspiration to us below! [VERSES] Virgin’s VP of government affairs She went beyond were eagles dare Sir Richard Branson chose her to fly On SpaceShip2 to go up in the sky Out there in space, a glorious gem A victory for education in STEM Hero to young girls like no one before Shattered glass ceiling all over the floor No one will know what the future will bring Now that she’s earned her astronaut wings! Back on the ground it must feel so sour We welcome you now to this happy hour

[VERSE 1] Let’s start this operation like we’re in math class But we’ll do it backwards, a reverse PEMDAS Add some attraction, subtract our clothes Divide your legs, and multiply our pheromones I’ll take you on an exponential cosmic ride And we’ll make these parentheticals the new 69 I’m an integral lying tangent to your curves Let’s do these exercises, it’s what you deserve [CHORUS 1] Two body problem! Makin’ love in outer space! It’s the two-body problem! Following nature’s laws and Kepler’s too You’ve got me fired up, I wanna give it to you The two-body problem! [VERSE 2] Let switch gears and talk chemistry You plus me is balanced stoichiometry I’ll pump your body full of dopamine Have you screaming for my touch like a serotonin fiend Forming more bonds than a carbon chain Got more chemical potential than the highest octane Like hypergolic fuel, you’ll explode from my contact So get strapped in and prepare for impact [CHORUS 2] Two body problem! Doin’ the nasty in outer space! It’s the two-body problem! Up against the copula, we’ll take in the view My rocket’s getting ready, gonna launch it at you It’s the two-body problem! [VERSE 3] Let’s change our orbit to a physics class I’ll accelerate some force through your center of mass Turning our potential to kinetic energy Feeling the friction from viscosity I’ll use my unit vector to fill your null void Make your head spin like a Newton cycloid Your body and our variables are well-defined So I’ll do percussive maintenance on you from behind [CHORUS 3] Two body problem! Taking care of our bones in outer space It’s the two-body problem! Studying the curves of your anatomy Our intertwining limbs will weave a tapestry It’s the two-body problem! [VERSE 4] No, you’re not getting hit with GCRs But your body pulsing heavy like a mega-quasar Now I’m feeling like a modern Casanova Hope you’re ready when you make me go supernova Want to add another and break the mold? Then we’ll solve this new problem with manifolds Turns out we can do it analytically One plus one plus another makes three [CHORUS 4] Three body problem! Menage-a-trois in outer space! It’s the three-body problem! Solving our logistics problems big and small They say that three’s a crowd, I’m gonna give it to y’all It’s the three-body problem! [OUTRO] Three body problem! Makin’ love in outer space! It’s the three-body problem! Following nature’s laws and Kepler’s too You’ve got me fired up, I wanna give it to you It’s the three-body problem!

[CHORUS] Cause we’re bound for Trappist-1D, from Sol, flying out to Trappist-1D On a rocket hurled to an Earth-like world, now we’re bound for Trappist-1D [VERSES] Our planet’s dead and so we fled that poisoned atmosphere We never learned and our home world burned just like many of us feared We built this ship to save humankind from our own misguided deeds And now we roam to find a new home, on our way to Trappist 1D We wander free in a star-filled sea, to planet not well known Our best space eyes couldn’t quite surmise whether it can be our new home Thirty-nine light years from our toils and fears, and we don’t really know what we’ll see A world so great or a deadly fate? What awaits us on Trappist 1-D? The error bars on this brown dwarf star make it hard to see what it’s worth We’re safe out here on this Ark so dear, we’re better out here than on Earth But if we can’t settle on this exoplanet, what fate is in store for me? We’d start anew, but with options few, hope it works on Trappist 1-D For many years we’ve been stuck in here and our children will be too Can we all survive, maybe grow and thrive, or will we meet our doom? Is there life on there, or is it just bare, are the dinosaurs, whales, or trees? We hope and pray we’ll settle one day on the world called Trappist 1-D

[VERSE 1] Polaris was forged Before the world was at war For some Norwegians, their guests, and cooks But this name that she bore When she first left the shore Wasn’t completely erased from the books Cursed from beginning For this mariner’s sinning Her bougie interior glistened Her shipbuilder’s bane Was Shackleton’s gain And thus, the ship was rechristened She was built for the north It was pretty straight forth To refit her for a different mission Her hull built for ice Would surely suffice On the journey to southern perdition [INTERLUDE 1] “Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, Long months of complete darkness, Constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success.”   [VERSE 2] Ernest put out a call To find the bravest of all To traverse Antarctica on sled Twenty-seven brave men Came to Ernest’s dank den Hoping they wouldn’t end up dead Three life boats logged And seventy sled dogs Among the cargo she laden down And at London’s Lloyd’s They insured those boys Valued at fifteen thousand pounds They steamed away For Vahsel Bay For this Antarctic expedition But for months they’d drift In the iceberg rifts On the journey to southern perdition [CHORUS 2] Endurance, Endurance Bound for the Southern Seas With your great brave crew And Shackleton too You’re remembered for eternity Endurance, Endurance Cutting through the ocean spray With a great bold plan To cross southern land And Shackleton led the way And Shackleton led the way   [VERSE 3] Round Halloween Of Nineteen fourteen They left Brazil’s port of call But the seas were rough And the ice was tough And they were hit with frozen squalls By January’s Ides They were two hundred miles From their first ground destination But those icy rifts Rarely gave or split Much to Shackleton’s frustration They heaved and hoed On the icy floes With no break from these conditions What rotten luck The Endurance was stuck In an icy southern perdition [CHORUS 3] Endurance, Endurance Adrift in the Weddell Sea She braced herself Near the Ronne ice shelf As the ridges heaved and squeezed Endurance, Endurance Fighting frostbite’s decay With shovels in hand They made their stand And Shackleton led the way And Shackleton led the way   [VERSE 4] On Valentine’s Day They clawed their way Only four hundred yards from freedom But the gales came in And the ice froze again So, they settled in a cold winter’s tedium For the next half year The froze their rears Even had to put Mrs. Chippy down In October’s ice rush The hull got crushed Had to abandon from the starboard bow They camped in wait For the weather to abate But the ice dealt a final blow On November twenty-one The Endurance was done And she sank to the depths below [CHORUS 4] Endurance, Endurance Now just a memory With split deck planks The ship she sank Like lead into the sea Endurance, Endurance Your crew stranded far away But with three life boats They still had hope And Shackleton led the way And Shackleton led the way [VERSE 5] By April of sixteen The crew caught a gleam Of a place called Elephant Isle But it was so remote That no explorer’s boat Would pass within a hundred miles Ernest enlisted five Of his most dependable guys To find a busier port of call And on the James Caird They small crew sailed On the greatest sea journey of all Eight hundred miles On a sea so wild But they made to Haakon Bay Three had to stay put Three walked on foot To a town forty clicks away [CHORUS 5] James Caird, James Caird One lifeboat, cold and damp South Georgia’s shore Was where they moored And they called it Peggotty Camp James Caird, James Caird Their lives don’t end today Three men would go Over mountains and snow And Shackleton led the way And Shackleton led the way   [VERSE 6] A Norwegian whaler Saved the other three sailors And luck was finally on their side But the Endurance’s crew Was surely through If Ernest couldn’t get them a ride Three times they failed To break the ice shelf’s gales By August it was looking dire But on the fourth go A ship called Yelcho Got them set for Elephant Isle The ship was true And the weather was too And they made it through an ice transition They found those men And set sail again Delivered from southern perdition [CHORUS 6] Endurance, Endurance All twenty-eight-crew survived They went through hell With a tale to tell And records for the London archives Endurance, Endurance Not one had passed away Three years apart From their lover’s hearts And Shackleton led the way And Shackleton led the way  [VERSE 7] No ticker tape parade For the men so brave Cause the war had not yet relented But the records they kept From Endurance’s wreck Meant their legacy was cemented Over a century later A submarine crew made her Off Palmer’s eastern bank Her discovery ‘Neath the Weddell Sea Was only four miles from where she sank Now we look to the stars To the Moon and Mars The next frontier of exploration And now we need Someone to lead The next daring generation (Do you have what it takes?) [CHORUS 7] Endurance, Endurance We’ve found you once again A historic site Neath a frozen blight A monument to great brave men Endurance, Endurance The folly of a man obsessed Three clicks below Where the mariners go Is where you’re laid to rest Is where you’re laid to rest [OUTRO] Endurance, Endurance Lost to the Southern Seas But your great brave crew And Shackleton too Are remembered for eternity But your great brave crew And Shackleton too Are remembered for eternity They’re remembered for eternity