The Odysseus spacecraft carried more than 25,000 songs into space, including a cover of Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon”; The action, which has the support of Elon Musk, aims to immortalize the art created on our planet
The disembarkation of the ship Ulysses on lunar soil on February 22 was a milestone for the special development and also for the history of music. This is because the module carried with it a capsule containing more than 25 thousand digitized songs with similar names Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, The Who, Pink Floyd, Timberland AND Marvin Gaye – among hundreds of other artists. The goal was to create a time-resistant capsule that would immortalize art made on Earth.
Among the archives there are also paintings by VanGoghphoto of the festival Woodstockthe film Climate refugees (2010) and the evocative album cover Dark side of the moon, From Pink fluid. For one of the project’s creators, Dallas Santana, these are artistic manifestations that “stand the test of time”: this is because the capsule, made of glass, nickel and NanoFiche, was designed to last millions of years, perhaps even longer. longer than the earthly one. life.
Santana – who is a declared fan of Jimi Hendrix – assured that the capsule contains unreleased songs by the guitarist. The priority for the artists attending Woodstock was strategic, as the festival took place in the same year that humans first set foot on the Moon. For him it is also a way to immortalize the message of love. “We need peace on earth now. We brought the summer of love to the moon [em referência aos artistas pacifistas dos anos 1960]the people, artists and messages that are needed on Earth right now.”
The action was designed by Space Blue, Santanain collaboration with companies Elon MuskIntuitive Machines and SpaceX, with the support of Melody Trust, a company that holds the copyrights to some of rock’s biggest idols.
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This was also the first time a private lander landed on the Moon and also the first time a North American satellite returned since the 1972 Apollo mission.
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