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Control then informs him: "Ground Control to Major Tom: your circuit's dead, there's something wrong" and attempts to reestablish contact with Major Tom. Tom's final words in the song (possibly not heard by Ground Control) are: "Here am I floating 'round my tin can, far above the moon. Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do." [3]
"Space Oddity" Cover of the 1969 Dutch and Italian single Single by David Bowie from the album David Bowie (Space Oddity) B-side " Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud " Released 11 July 1969 (1969-07-11) Recorded 20 June 1969 Studio Trident, London Genre Psychedelic folk folk rock Length 5: 15 (album version) 4: 33 (UK single edit) 3: 26 (US single edit) Label Philips (1969 UK release) Mercury (1969 ...
Walter Mitty is referred to mockingly as "Major Tom" by his new boss, Hendricks, in reference to the astronaut Major Tom in "Space Oddity", due to his frequent daydreaming: the boss interprets the line "ground control to Major Tom" as akin to "Earth to Walter; come in Walter". Cheryl later tells Walter that Hendricks misunderstands the song, as ...
Peter Schilling singles chronology. "Fehler Im System". (1982) " Major Tom (Coming Home) ". (1983) "Terra Titanic". (1984) " Major Tom (Coming Home) " (German: Major Tom [völlig losgelöst], 'Major Tom [completely detached]') is a new wave song written and sung by German musician Peter Schilling, released as the lead single from his album ...
Ground to Major, bye bye Tom (this chaos is killing me) Dead the circuit, countdown's wrong (this chaos is killing me) Planet earth, is control on (so sleepy now) Do you wanna be free, don't you wanna be free Do you like girls or boys, it's confusing these days But moondust will cover you, cover you ..." Seems there are link to Major Tom again.
Guidance, navigation, and control. Apollo's GN&C. Guidance, navigation and control (abbreviated GNC, GN&C, or G&C) is a branch of engineering dealing with the design of systems to control the movement of vehicles, especially, automobiles, ships, aircraft, and spacecraft. In many cases these functions can be performed by trained humans.
Ground Control (video game), a 2000 computer game by Massive Entertainment. Ground Control: Dark Conspiracy, 2000 expansion pack for Ground Control. Ground Control II: Operation Exodus, a 2004 video game. Ground Control (film), a 1998 film starring Kiefer Sutherland. Ground Control (album), a 2021 album by English band Rudimental.
Major Tom is a persona of David Bowie referenced in his songs. "Major Tom" or "Major Thomas" may also refer to: Major Tom (Coming Home), a song by Peter Schilling; Major Tom, a horse that appeared in the show Bluey; Major Tom Mitford (1909–1945), a British officer killed in action in Burma during World War II