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Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, A tale of a fateful trip, That started from this tropic port Aboard a Boeing ship Two astronauts went u
by gcanyon 2y ago
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip,
That started from this tropic port
Aboard a Boeing ship
Two astronauts went up that day,
They both were brave and true,
The Starliner delivered them,
To join ISS crew.
...for an eight day station tour.
The testing on the Starliner,
Was thoroughly performed.
Although it probably was safe,
The NASA team were warned.
So the Starliner came home to Earth,
Without its stalwart crew,
The astronauts would stay in space,
An extra month or two.
...an extra month or two.
So join us here each week my friend,
It's such a special place,
With two (not!) stranded astronauts,
Here in Gilligan's space!
- jansan 2y agoHere is the original song (for those who are ignorant like me): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfSLuEj99d0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfSLuEj99d0
- karaokeyoga 2y agoRelated (vaguely): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43407014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43407014
- gcanyon 2y agoWow, nice find and highly coincidental!
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- dotancohen 2y agoNice job, but come clean. Was this AI generated?
- gcanyon 2y agoNope! I thought about it, but I just started the first bit and kept going. If I had gotten stuck I would definitely have jumped to AI, but I didn't so here we are.
- dotancohen 2y agoGreat. I'm glad that I asked - knowing that this was you was worth the downvotes.
- gcanyon 2y agoFor comparison: "Write a set of alternative lyrics to the theme for Gilligan's Island based on the two astronauts that went up in the Boeing Starliner and were supposed to spend about 8 days in the ISS but ended up spending about 9 months. It's important to follow the meter and rhyme pattern." ChatGPT (emojis are the LLM's): Here’s a set of alternative lyrics to the Gilligan’s Island theme, capturing the Boeing Starliner astronauts’ unexpectedly extended stay on the ISS: --- Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, A tale of a fateful flight, That started from a launchpad base, And soared into the night. The crew was only set to stay For just a week or two, But Boeing’s ship had other plans, And stretched it out to new! (And stretched it out to new!) The docking worked, they made it there, The mission seemed on track, But then they found some little leaks, And couldn’t make it back! And couldn’t make it back! The calendar kept flipping by, With patches, tests, and checks, While Houston said, "Just wait a bit," "We’re working out the specs!" So here they stay on the orbiting lab, For months, not days but more! With coffee, jokes, and floating sleep, In zero-g galore! In zero-g galore! They’ll one day ride the Starliner home, If Boeing gets it right, And finally end this long delay, From what was just a flight! (From what was just a flight!) --- This keeps the original tune and humor while capturing the unexpected (and slightly ridiculous) nature of their extended stay.
- gcanyon 2y agoFor comparison, "Write a set of alternative lyrics to the theme for Gilligan's Island based on the two astronauts that went up in the Boeing Starliner and were supposed to spend about 8 days in the ISS but ended up spending about 9 months. It's important to follow the meter and rhyme pattern." Claude: The Ballad of Starliner Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, A tale of a fateful trip, That started from Cape Canaveral Aboard this spaceship. The crew was two brave astronauts, The mission just eight days long. Then several systems failed that day, The timeline was all wrong, the timeline was all wrong. The thrusters started leaking fuel, The schedule lost its way. If not for the courage of the fearless crew, They'd be lost in space today, they'd be lost in space today. They settled in the station then, For a much extended stay, With two astronauts, and some cosmonauts too, Research night and day, The engineers, Mission Control, NASA chiefs, And Boeing's team, all working hard, Here on Starliner Isle!
- pmontra 2y agoThanks, I didn't know about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilligan%27s_Planet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilligan%27s_Planet or I didn't remember it. Maybe it never made it into my country.