Astronauts Begin Day with a Buffett Song

Post by **phjim** » February 13, 2008 6:57 am

Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis began the day listening to a Jimmy Buffett song according to an article from the Associated Press: "Sick astronaut says he feels great, ready to make spacewalk"
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The crew began preparing for the spacewalk after waking up to Jimmy Buffett's "Oysters and Pearls" which opens with lyrics about Charles Lindbergh's historic solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic.

It was played for Atlantis' pilot, Alan Poindexter, who will coordinate Wednesday's spacewalk from inside the station.

"We're looking forward to a great day on orbit and a great (spacewalk) and having Rex and Hans out the door here real soon," Poindexter said.</em>

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » February 13, 2008 7:01 am

Great choice!

phjrsaunt · Post by **phjrsaunt** » February 13, 2008 7:45 am

Awesome!

nutmeg · Post by **nutmeg** » February 13, 2008 8:11 am

Some people love to lead
And some refuse to dance.
Some play it safely, other take a chance.
Still it's all a mystery
This place we call the world
Where most live as oysters
While some become pearls.

Love it!

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » February 13, 2008 8:14 am

Very cool! THanks for passing that on!!! Where is Daze?!?

dnw · Post by **dnw** » February 13, 2008 8:17 am

Great ! Thanks for sharing this info.

tropicalfever · Post by **tropicalfever** » February 13, 2008 1:03 pm

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » February 13, 2008 2:24 pm

I don't think there's any better example of a "pearl" than an astronaut.

Snowparrot · Post by **Snowparrot** » February 13, 2008 4:37 pm

Now, that's a Good News item! Thanks Jim!

conched · Post by **conched** » February 13, 2008 4:46 pm

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=27012

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h1W8 ... gD8UPESA00

Mango Picker · Post by **Mango Picker** » February 13, 2008 4:50 pm

News item said they removed a depleted nitrogen tank from the space station and installing a full one weighing 550 pounds...

sounds like hard work!!

hmm, has anyone told them about zero gravity? LOL LOL

I wonder if NASA has a zero 0 cerified Margaritaville blender?

Holy floating globs of margarita Batman!

Astronauts ROCK!

Anyone track how many missions have had Buffett music to wake up to? I think it's a bunch.

pojo · Post by **pojo** » February 13, 2008 6:14 pm

Oysters & Pearls is just a beautiful song period!

Great choice astronauts!!

parrothead3282 · Post by **parrothead3282** » February 13, 2008 7:56 pm

I knew you had to be smart to be an astronaut!

Floridaze · Post by **Floridaze** » February 14, 2008 7:33 am

flipflopgirl wrote:Very cool! THanks for passing that on!!! Where is Daze?!?

Ha Ha...they have been working Daze like a dog lately...cool song for the 'Nauts!!!

jimsig · Post by **jimsig** » March 23, 2008 10:00 am

I know it is a little late but you can listen to the wake up call here http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/aud ... page1.html It is day 7. They have a collection of wake up call from different missions.