TJ loses his pyjama disguise and waits for his early morning cuppa. One lump or two?
Or… Now that’s what I call a Space Oddity. David Bowie is The Man Who Fell To Earth.
Commencing countdown…
As everybody knows, there are many David Bowie compositions that have some kind of intergalactic theme, and it can’t be denied that Space Oddity is perhaps the most well-known among them.
Virgin boss, Richard Branson, has come up with a novel new way of listening to this Bowie evergreen, even if you have to pay $190,000 for the privilege.
Here’s a bit from a recent news report regarding the ambitions of Virgin Galactic, the proposed space-tourism company.
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Virgin Galactic’s Space Odyssey
Richard Branson’s plans for suborbital tourism may sound pie-in-the-sky, but he has the details all worked out
When the first space vacations are available, Richard Branson will be there selling them. Branson’s Virgin has announced a partnership with Paul Allen’s Mojave Aerospace Ventures and SpaceShipOne designer Burt Rutan’s Scaled Composites to allow tourists to take a two-hour trip aboard a suborbital space craft in 2007. But Branson has visions of space cruiseship vacations up to an orbiting hotel. Yet at prices of $190,000 a ticket, can “Virgin Galactic,” make this a profitable venture anytime soon?
Virgin sure thinks so. It has already planned the “three-day experience” for the suborbital flight — down to the on-board song that will be played at the trip’s arc (Space Oddity by David Bowie). “[The experience] will be like camp” says a Virgin official, where all tourists will be housed, fed, and trained in the same “deluxe” complex.
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As flattering as the selection must be to David Bowie, one wonders if whoever selected Space Oddity actually bothered listening to the lyric. It would be a little like Alcoholics Anonymous adopting Alabama Song as its theme tune!
“Looking For Water…” Some thirsty aliens quite near Mars, just the other day.
It’s the freakiest show…
Meanwhile, the BBC has adopted another space-themed Bowie title for a new drama series begging on BBC1 at 9:00 UK time this evening.
Life on Mars? is playing on his iPod when he crashes, hence the title.
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