OMG, that's so cool! I love the Beatles! I saw them perform live when I was just a wee child. They were the first rock band I ever fell in love with, madly and completely! I used to have my room plastered with Beatles photos on every surface. I even have swatches of the sheets they slept on and LPs (remember those?) from England ... which seemed so far away in those days.

Thank you for announcing this! It's 4:00 for me too and I'll be listening, proudly! :) ♥

They'd already broken up by the time I was born (woe), but, guh, they were my first band love, too. Brain twins! :D

*gasp* You saw them?! Well, hello, you're my hero. Any chance you have photos of the day? I'm such a photo lover. AND you have Beatle!sheets aldkfja.

Welcome! This is so gonna kick butt. :D

That's pretty darn nifty.

Ain't it tho? :D

Wow thanks for the heads up, I had absolutely no idea such a thing was to take place! (I'm starting to think this is no coincidence at all that Across The Universe, the movie this time, is out on DVD tomorrow. D'oh.) I love the idea, though as far as know the absence of air in space makes impossible for the sound to actually carry across the universe literally, but I'll shut my scientific logical mouth *hides* and happily play the song at 7pm!! :D

Aw, you're welcome! :D If it weren't for the Beatles fandom, I woulda missed it too. There was NO coverage of it on tv/radio here. WTF.

Heh, yeah. Good timing on that DVD, no? :P

OMG. I'm a dork. I didn't even think of that. I watch too much sci-fi. Everything makes a noise in space then. :\ Dupid lack o' air. Lalalalalala. *hands over ears* ;)

Am a total random stranger, redirected here by other Beatles lovers (sadly, I missed out on this event because there was no coverage of it... what the hell, world. *sigh*)

Anyway, to explain the 'lack of air' in space...

Broadcast signals do not require 'air.' They are transmitted on high-frequency waves, just the same as ultraviolet light, infrared light, microwaves, radiation, etc. It's just a bit lower on the spectrum. So, if light waves are transmitted to us through space (i.e., sunlight, stars, the sun's reflection via the moon), then sound waves are also transmitted through space. All you need to pick them up is a receiver.

Sound waves move more slowly through space than does light, though, so it'll take years and years for this broadcast to reach any point in space that might be able to pick it up and interpret it. And that's assuming that there's intelligent life that's learned how to manipulate various wave frequencies for common use.

This is the same concept that SETI uses to search for extraterrestrial life--they have satellites directed at different points in space, hoping to pick up some sort of wave-interference that could indicate intelligent life. (As in, they're trying to find out if 'aliens' are beaming messages right back at us, like we've been beaming messages at them for the past 60+ years.)

So, yes, the short answer is that "across the universe" really will be playing across the universe. :)

Oh, that's right! I wish you could see that I'm totally nodding my head right now. Soon as you starting explaining, I remembered about all the various tv/radio signals floating about in space since forever. I'm a dork, the sequel. :P Anyway, thank you so much for this! I really do appreciate you taking the time. :)

LOL, no problem--I'm a geological sciences major, so any and all sciences sort of apply to OMGOSH!EVERYTHING! at the moment... which turns me into a bit of a know-it-all...

I figured that was all mostly common knowledge, but sometimes it just slips from memory. :) I think I had it engrained in my brain from too many various sci-fi stories about aliens finding our old TV broadcasts...

And hey, thanks for the heads-up about ATU day! (Which I meant to say earlier...) I really am sorry to have missed the event itself, but I'm glad to see so many other people excited at the prospect. It truly is too bad John and George couldn't be around to see it.

Wow, hadn't heard of this till now! So nifty!

Made me happy! :D

One of the most beautiful songs ever!!!!,here,it was play last night at 10pm.
WELL DONE NASA INDEED!!!
Definetly, George and John are more than please!!!!!

Yeah! It just makes me so happy. :D

wow I didn't know it was that special! I saw on the news that they played the song in the space, but I didn't know radio stations were going to play it too!

They didn't here. Not that I could find anyway. *grumbles* Oh, well, no matter. I played my version. ;)

You played it on a turntable? That's so cool. :)

I did! There is just something about records that I love. :D