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ESA Wants European Children to Send Their Music Into Space

Apparently European astronauts are getting bored with their music. So in order to alleviate this problem, the European Space Agency is holding a contest (that ends tomorrow) to choose a 10-song playlist that will be sent up to the International Space Station later this year. So, if you’re a under-18 citizen of Belgium, Denmark, France, […]

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Apparently European astronauts are getting bored with their music. So in order to alleviate this problem, the European Space Agency is holding a contest (that ends tomorrow) to choose a 10-song playlist that will be sent up to the International Space Station later this year.

So, if you're a under-18 citizen of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, or Switzerland (sorry, UK), you can submit your favorite songs here.

The winner’s playlist will be downloaded onto an
MP3 player and sent to the ISS in ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle
(ATV), which will be making its maiden flight later this year. The 20
tonne craft, named ‘Jules Verne’, after the famous French science fiction writer, will be delivering about seven tonnes of cargo to the astronauts living in the International Space Station.

Of course, once the Interplanetary Internet gets going, astronauts can simply download new music directly instead of relying on their countries' children to do it for them.