“Fire in the sky“ - американская песня о покорении космоса

Этот прославленный гимн истории космических полетов, написанный Джордином Каром, был впервые выпущен в 1983 году в альбоме “Minus Ten and Counting“. Эта версия, представляющая собой расширенную перезапись оригинала, была выпущена в сборнике “To Touch The Stars: A Music Celebration of Space Exploration“, опубликованном в 2004 году. Исполняет Кристоф Кловер. Per aspera ad astra ==Оригинальный текст== Prometheus, they say, brought God’s fire down to man And we’ve caught it, tamed it, trained it since our history began Now we’re going back to Heaven just to look Him in the eye And there’s a thunder ‘cross the land and a fire in the sky Gagarin was the first back in 1961 When, like Icarus, undaunted, he climbed to reach the sun And he knew he might not make it, for it’s never hard to die But he lifted off the pad and rode a fire in the sky Yet a higher goal was calling and we vowed to reach it soon And we gave ourselves a decade to put fire on the Moon And Apollo told the world - we can do it if we try! There was one small step and a fire in the sky I dreamed last night of a little boy’s first spaceflight Burned into me, watching the black-and-white TV There was a fire in the sky I’ll remember until I die Then two decades from Gagarin, twenty years to the day Came a shuttle named Columbia to open up the way And they said she’s just a truck, but she’s a truck that’s aimin’ high See her big jets burning, see her fire in the sky Yet the gods do not give lightly of the powers they have made And with Challenger and seven, once again the price is paid Though a nation watched her falling, yet a world could only cry As they passed from us to glory, riding fire in the sky Now the rest is up to us - there’s a future to be won We must turn our faces outward, we will do what must be done For no cradle lasts forever, every bird must learn to fly And we’re goin’ to the stars, see our fire in the sky Yes, we’re going to the stars, see our fire in the sky!