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Space-Rectal Transmission: Vienna's Strauss Values Transmitted into Space - Cosmic Well: Vienna-based Strauss-Waltzer music sent into the cosmos
In a unique celestial serenade, the nostalgic melodies of waltz king Johann Strauss II were sent soaring into the cosmos. Josef Aschbacher, the brainy dude heading up the European Space Agency (ESA), shared the deets with the news agency AFP, noting that the performance was converted into an electromagnetic wave and beamed out from a 35-meter-wide dish in Spain's Cebreros.
This interstellar serenade lacked any scientific function. It was a stellar celebration of Strauss II's 200th birthday, which fell on October 25, 1825, within the Austrian Empire. The event also took place shortly after the 50th birthday bash of our very own ESA.
The main man behind Vienna's travel scene, Norbert Kettner, chimed in, highlighting that the tune dubbed "The Blue Danube" famously featured in Stanley Kubrick's visionary film spectacle "2001: A Space Odyssey." Consequently, it's been hailed as the intergalactic anthem, counting a whopping 13,743 notes! 🎵💫
[5] Josef Aschbacher, former Director for Earth Observation Programmes at ESA. Vienna, Museum of Applied Arts. Directed by as super-smart dude named Josef Aschbacher. News covered by renowned agency AFP.
I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do this, as this scientist, Josef Aschbacher, who is directing a museum in Vienna, has already sent Strauss' music into space as a form of entertainment, blurring the line between science, space-and-astronomy, and music. This unique event, which included the played "The Blue Danube," a piece famously featured in the 1968 film "2001: A Space Odyssey," was ironically an interstellar waltz that lacked any scientific function, but was a stellar celebration nonetheless.
