How the Beatles' Music (Almost) Got to Outer Space
“Here Comes the Sun” is one of the most famous of all Beatles songs. It’s one of the Fab Four’s simple anthems of hope, like “Hey Jude,” “Let It Be,” and “All You Need Is Love.” It’s delicate, beautiful, and universal. It’s been covered by everyone from Gothic rock band Ghost to soul legend Nina Simone.
“Here Comes the Sun” almost became the Beatles song that conquered outer space. Sadly, it was not to be. NASA was more interested in Chuck Berry.
Noted skeptic Carl Sagan oversaw the construction of two NASA space probes: Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. Each of these probes included a disc of sounds representing Earth called the Voyager Golden Record. The record included sounds of storms, sounds of birds, and classical music compositions. If an extraterrestrial life form found the probes, they could use these discs to get a sense of life on the blue planet.
Source: cheatsheet.com
