Astronauts Wake Up to "Twelve Volt Man"

Post by **phjim** » September 16, 2006 8:16 am

From the Houston Chronicle: "Astronauts allowed extra hour of sleep"
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The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis got to sleep in late Saturday and take a half day off after three arduous and successful spacewalks and a jam-packed week in orbit.

For the shuttle crew, Saturday in space began with a surprise extra hour to sleep as Mission Control purposely put off the morning wake-up call by an hour.

When they awoke, it was to the mellow beach-evoking sounds of <b>Jimmy Buffett's "Twelve Volt Man".</b>

Astronaut Dan Burbank, whose family sent up the song, called it "a great way to start a day up here in space."</em>

nutmeg · Post by **nutmeg** » September 16, 2006 8:24 am

How cool is that!

PartofthePhlock · Post by **PartofthePhlock** » September 16, 2006 8:47 am

Parrot heads are every where.....hmmm wonder if they are members of the Virtual Parrot Head Club.

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » September 16, 2006 8:47 am

A mostly Navy/former Navy crew that wakes up to Buffett. Now that's my kinda crew!

Dezdmona · Post by **Dezdmona** » September 16, 2006 9:34 am

Awesome...Buffett's finally (truely) in space.
I bet he's proud.

El mojito · Post by **El mojito** » September 16, 2006 7:26 pm

Like the Nut saz " how kool is that" now Jimmy is THE rocket Man"

VanillaGrl · Post by **VanillaGrl** » September 16, 2006 7:40 pm

Wayyyy coooool!

phjrsaunt · Post by **phjrsaunt** » September 16, 2006 7:58 pm

Awesome!

prrthd1987 · Post by **prrthd1987** » September 16, 2006 8:17 pm

Hey, Mr. Spaceman
Won't you please take me along
I won't do anything wrong!
Hey, Mr. Spaceman
Won't you please take me along for a ride

Post by **SMLCHNG** » September 16, 2006 10:49 pm

I heard the clip on the news this morning when I got up.. I couldn't believe it!!

Mango Picker · Post by **Mango Picker** » September 16, 2006 11:22 pm

Does anyone remember the story about the parrothead in the space program who put a tape of one of Jimmy's albums in one of our satellites?

It may have been Voyager, still going....... taking Jimmy to Infinity and beyond!!!

conched · Post by **conched** » September 17, 2006 12:26 am

And from July 12, 2006

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/sp ... usic_x.htm

TOP WAKE-UP TUNES

These songs have been played the most to wake up astronauts at the start of each day since NASA began flying the shuttle in 1981: (click on blue links to hear clips of songs)

Off We Go into the Wild Blue Yonder, 13 times
Anchors Aweigh, 12 times
The Marine Corps Hymn, 10 times
I Got You Babe, 10 times; by Sonny & Cher
What a Wonderful World, 6 times; by Louis Armstrong
I Got You (I Feel Good), a perennial favorite, by James Brown

Among other selections:
Waltzing Matilda, as the shuttle passed over Australia on Aug. 28, 1985
Sweet Home Alabama, by Lynyrd Skynyrd, in honor of Huntsville astronaut Jan Davis
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, by Jimmy Buffett
Should I Stay or Should I Go? by The Clash, in preparation for the shuttle's return trip on Feb. 20, 2001
Come on Eileen, by Dexy's Midnight Runners, for commander Eileen Collins

Source: USA TODAY research of NASA data

prrthd1987 · Post by **prrthd1987** » September 17, 2006 1:59 am

It's also mentioned on CNN.com:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/09/1 ... index.html

BuffettNews.com

Astronauts Wake Up to "Twelve Volt Man"

Astronauts Wake Up to "Twelve Volt Man"

jimmy, lost in space