So I guess NASA is having a contest to pick wake-up call music for the last two space shuttle missions. They have sent wake up calls (unless there were two shifts working) since the Gemini missions. I've been reading through a document that lists them all. Lots of fight songs, military songs, etc. My favorites so far have been: Robin Williams announcing "Good Morning Discovery" in classic "Good Morning Vietnam" style, in 1981 they were twice awoken by Pigs in Space muppet routines, and finally the following from 1991:


"Space - the final frontier.
This is the voyage of the Space Shuttle Atlantis -
Its ten-day mission:
To explore new methods of remote sensing and observation of the planet Earth -
To seek out new data on radiation in space, and a new understanding of
the effects of microgravity on the human body -
To boldly go where two hundred and fifty-five men and women have gone before.
Hello - Fred, Tom, Story, Jim, Tom, and especially Mario -
This is Patrick Stewart, choosing not to outrank you as Captain Jean-Luc Picard,
saying that we are confident of a productive and successful mission.
Make it so."
All this to the theme music of "Star Trek - the Next Generation" Capcom Marsha Ivins contacted actor Patrick Stewart to request the special wakeup call for Mario Runco, a big "Star Trek" fan. - taken from http://history.nasa.gov/wakeup%20calls.pdf
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