Ground Control to Major Tom
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
(Ten) Ground Control (Nine) to Major Tom (Eight)
(Seven, six) Commencing countdown (Five), engines on (Four)
(Three, two) Check ignition (One) and may God’s (Blastoff) love be with youThis is Ground Control to Major Tom, you’ve really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it’s time to leave the capsule if you dareThis is Major Tom to Ground Control, I’m stepping through the door
And I’m floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
Here am I sitting in a tin can far above the world
Planet Earth is blue and there’s nothing I can do
Space Oddity, David Bowie, 1969
Amazing.
Commander Chris Hadfield, as you hand over command of the ISS, I thank you. I thank you for making me realise once again what joy there is in doing what your heart calls you to do. I thank you for reminding me how diverse and incredibly interesting human beings are.
I still can’t get over it!
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Lovely. Like the lyric changes too though but only in this context.
This was definitively one of the best space video’s I’ve seen, Chris really rocked the ISS.
I almost feel bad for the next commander, he’s going to have a hard time topping this performance.