Ok, so the guy who started this whole thing was on
Breakfast with the Beatles this morning. Turns out he's just a fan who wanted to campaign for a day when everyone around the world played the same Beatles song at the same time. He picked the song because it sort of went along with the theme of the event and it had a 40th anniversary coming up (thus choosing the particular day). Then he actually looked at the title, Across the
Universe and thought "Hey! I should call NASA!!" And to everyone's surprise (including his), NASA thought it sounded like fun.
So there ya go.
Oh... and my favorite part: The Beatles fan loved that NASA was beaming the song to the North Star because the Beatles were from North Britain.
