The first time I heard this David Bowie song, I felt like he was singing
it to me. This was my song. I wanted to be an astronaut, but
unfortunately being an astronaut is HAAAAAAARD! That and God had other
stuff for me to do so I've put off going into space for when we get
carried off to heaven. If there's an orbital lab around the new Earth I
plan to be on the construction crew - either that I want to be on the
crew of a star ship. I'm certain there will be stuff like that. After
all, we are an exploring species and those of us who survive the old
Earth should be trustworthy enough to turn loose to explore the stars
and there are an awful lot of those out there, so we likely won't be
bored with it all since we're living forever.
This is the coolest version of the song ever done. It's Canadian ISS
astronaut Chris Hadfield singing with NASA footage in a monumentally
marvelous music video. Hadfield has a really good voice too. So enjoy
the first space-based music video with actual astronauts and footage
shot in space. I still think they're singing my song, though.
