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We now pick up our story
On a California night
DART on its pad in all its glory
an awe-inspiring sight
Everyone was in their place
the mood was so intense
Our rocket went to outer space
for planetary defense
All the reviews and testing
Over all these years
Did not leave time for resting
by DART’s engineers
But Didymos came into sight
not a bit too soon
and everything aligned just right
for meeting Didymoon
And it’s one small step for exploration
One small step exceeding expectations
We might have tested all our sanity
With one big boop for all humanity
We published our predictions
And got ready to observe
It seemed like science fiction
We tried to keep our nerve
We thought through all the glitches
That we thought might arise
We flipped on all the switches
And then we watched the skies
And it’s one small step for exploration
One small step from simulations
And sometimes there was some profanity
With one big boop for all humanity
We got nearer
Didymos got bigger
Features getting clearer
Didymos got bigger
We switched our steering
To point to Dimorphos
You could hear the cheering
As we got so close
And as we lost the signal…..
And it’s one small step for exploration
One small step with smart navigation
We gave a bit of help to gravity
With one big boop for all humanity
And it’s one small step for exploration
One small step to celebration
We’ve made a tiny asteroid family
With one big boop for all humanity
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2. |
#LeaveMeAlone
02:37
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All the things you write to me
I find so hard to swallow
I’ve thought about muting you
but I might just unfollow
The way that you’ve been treating me
seems like it’s an unfriending
and I’ve asked if you’re kidding me
so much that it is trending
Hashtag leave me alone
Hashtag leave me alone
I used to tell you everything
but that lease has expired
maybe you had just one job
but now you’re just so fired
I wish I could get through to you
but I can’t get retweeted
the dropbox where I kept my love
seems to have been deleted
Hashtag leave me alone
Hashtag leave me alone
The permissions on my heart have been reset and you're not allowed
I've cut off all your access so get off my cloud
I wish we could find a way
to get out of this spiral
but I’m afraid that you and I
won’t get back to viral
and it’s such a pity that
it’s gone this way for us
but as far as I’m concerned
you can go to Google Plus
Hashtag leave me alone
Hashtag leave me alone
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3. |
The DART Song
02:44
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there’s twenty zillion rocks out there around us
but don’t go thinking that they’re all the same
there’s twenty zillion rocks out there around us
but on some of those rocks you’ll find our name
we’ve been pelted all throughout our timeline
the solar system's playing dirty pool
we’ve been pelted all throughout our timeline
go ask the dinosaurs if that was cool
If we could evade our day would be made
something to strafe could keep us all safe
and doing a test would really be best
to avoid those problems
we’re testing NEO deflection
doing it for practice just seems smart
it’s trying out orbital correction
the mission goes by the name of dart
and just one flick should do the trick
just one nudge and those things would budge
a little poke, not going for broke
would avoid those problems
dart will visit the didymos system
a one way trip that won’t be a fluke
so when hazards come we can resist ‘em
without resorting to a giant nuke
and just one flick should do the trick
just one nudge and those things would budge
a little poke, not going for broke
would avoid those problems
it could get worse if we don’t rehearse
we’ll run aground, then see what we found
first we detect, then we deflect
practice planetary defense
with dart
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Andy Rivkin and his Gedankenband Columbia, Maryland
Andy is a planetary astronomer by day, and also by night since he's an astronomer. Also a founding member of Dr. Lüst,
Science Diet, and other bands you likely haven't heard of.
The Gedankenband is a rag-tag crew of veteran eigenmusicians who help Andy turn his music into, well, still music. But maybe different from what he intended. But in a good way. Or something.
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