Elon Musk Names 1st Mars Colony Ship 'Heart of Gold'

Heart of Gold
Artist's illustration of SpaceX's Interplanetary Transport   (Click photo to enlarge)

 

Per Space.com, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says he'd like to name the first Mars colony ship "Heart of Gold".

 

The name 'Heart of Gold' pays tribute the space ship in Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" books. So sorry Neil Young fans of the song "Heart of Gold".

Speaking at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Guadalajara, Mexico in September, Musk said:

"I think probably we'll name the first ship that goes to Mars 'Heart of Gold.

I like the fact that it's driven by infinite improbability, because I think our ship is also extremely improbable."

The Infinite Improbability Drive allows the fictional "Heart of Gold" — which looks like a giant, white sneaker — to cruise through every point in every universe at the same time. The drive is powered by a Bambleweeny 57 Sub-Meson Brain and a cup of hot tea.  

More on 2017's space oddities on Neil Young regularly tweeting cryptic messages of late, and the relationship between SpaceX ZUMA payload and "The Visitor"?  

 

The ZUMA Payload
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket - October 2017
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

(see SpaceX ZUMA payload and Neil Young's album "The Visitor"? ) 

 

"it's old, but it's good ..." 

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Neil Young Archives Timeline Concert of the Moment: International Harvesters, 1984

The International Harvesters @ Gilley's Rodeo Arena, Pasadena, Texas - 09-29, 1984 (Click photo to enlarge)

A new  Timeline Concert of the Moment is now streaming on NYA.

Thelatest Timeline Concert is Neil Young  w/  The International Harvesters @ Gilley's Rodeo Arena, Pasadena, Texas, on 09-29, 1984.

 

Neil Young & The International Harvesters (#1 Lineup)

Setlist

 

1.	Are You Ready For The Country?
2.	Hawks & Doves
3.	Comes A Time
4.	Bound For Glory
5.	Are There Any More Real Cowboys?
6.	Let Your Fingers Do The Walking
7.	Heart Of Gold
8.	Amber Jean
9.	Roll Another Number (For The Road)
10.	Too Far Gone
11.	Southern Pacific
12.	The Needle And The Damage Done
13.	Helpless
14.	California Sunset
15.	It Might Have Been
16.	Flying On The Ground Is Wrong
17.	Soul Of A Woman
18.	Field Of Opportunity
19.	Old Man
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20.	Powderfinger
21.	Get Back To The Country
22.	Down By The River

 

Photo by Pegi Young

 

More on Neil Young & The International Harvesters.

More on Neil Young Archives Timeline Concerts.

Also, see Neil Young Archives: Complete Listing of "Timeline Concerts of the Week" + UPDATE: NYA Subscriber News.

Here is a listing of all of the Neil Young concerts on the NYA Timeline.

Also, see Timeline Concert Highlights on Neil Young Archives | Only Castles Burning | SubStack.

 

TIMELINE CONCERT OF THE MOMENT | NYA 

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