On Feb. 26, the area exploration firm Intuitive Machines launched their IM-2 “Freedom Payload” mission, an effort to ascertain an information middle on the lunar south pole designed and operated by Lonestar Knowledge Holdings. That knowledge middle was one of many payloads on the Athena moon lander, which launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. However following a botched touchdown of the same mission final yr, this one ended fairly anticlimactically: After touching down about 100 miles away from its meant touchdown location, Athena tipped over, curbing the mission. However, relying on the way you take a look at the state of affairs, it wasn’t a complete failure: Lonestar’s Freedom Knowledge Middle remained intact, carrying eight terabytes value of fabric. Amongst that materials is an Think about Dragons tune.
There are a whole lot of glorious songs on the market in regards to the planets, the moon, and outer area. None of them are by Think about Dragons, however not for lack of making an attempt: Again in August 2023, they put out the tune “Kids Of The Sky” as a part of the soundtrack to the sci-fi RPG Starfield (their fourth tune for a online game). On it, frontman Dan Reynolds emphatically croons vaguely inspiring strains like, “We’re youngsters of the sky, flying up so excessive/ Let me be that one to search out the brightest solar.” Had the IM-2 mission gone based on plan, “Kids Of The Sky” would’ve been the primary tune broadcast from the moon. Lonestar investor Ryan Micheletti mentioned earlier than the mission: “Our aim is to encourage the following era of children to be enthusiastic about the way forward for area and know-how, which is why we selected ‘Kids of the Sky’ as the primary tune in historical past to be broadcast from the moon.” Nowhere is off-limits for Think about Dragons!
Given Athena’s state, it’s unclear if “Kids Of The Sky” and its accompanying music video can nonetheless be beamed to Earth. However at the very least now we will relaxation simple realizing that an Think about Dragons tune is protected from any pure disasters on Earth for the following millennium.
IM-2 wasn’t the one SpaceX-related fail on Thursday: The corporate’s large Starship spacecraft exploded simply minutes after lifting off from Texas. However a couple of days earlier than that, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 touched down on the moon’s north-eastern close to facet, the primary non-public mission to land a spacecraft on the moon upright.
In the meantime, over the weekend, Large Assault and the Avalanches each had their music transmitted to the moon and again as a part of the Piccadilly Un:Plugged set up in London. Are they making an attempt to steal Think about Dragons’ “Thunder“?