Doors & Beatles: Waking Up Mars

Though The Randells enjoyed a summer-of-'63 with "The Martian Hop," The Beatles and The Doors have actually made it to the Red Planet. NASA awakens the Curiosity rover electronically each day with a playlist of "wake-up calls" that include "Good Morning, Good Morning" and "Break on Through," as well as Frank Sinatra's "Come Fly With Me," "Got the Time" by Anthrax, the score of Mission: Impossible and Wagner's "The Ride of the Valkyries." The songs all seem to have a positive spin -- there's apparently no need for a "Rocket Man" or "Space Odyssey."