STS-133 Wake Up Song Winners
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Following months of public voting, NASA announced the two winners of the “Top 40 Song Contest,” which will awaken space shuttle crew members during their ongoing mission.
“Blue Sky” by Big Head Todd and the Monsters, the most requested song to wake up shuttle Discovery’s crew during the STS-133 mission, collected 722,659 votes. The song received 29.3 percent of the total votes.
Finishing second was the “Theme from Star Trek” (original series), which also will serve as a wake up song. It received 671,133 votes, or 27.2 percent of the votes. To see the results for all 40 songs, visit: https://songcontest.nasa.gov
There were 2,463,521 votes cast during the contest that ran from Aug. 20, 2010, through Nov. 1.
Participants voted from a list of 40 songs that have previously awakened shuttle crews.
Source:NASA Press Release
Ray Sanders is a Sci-Fi geek, astronomer and blogger. Currently researching variable stars at Arizona State University, he writes for Universe Today, The Planetary Society blog, and his own blog, Dear Astronomer
2012-12-04 08:05:46
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