People have been singing songs about shipwrecks for as long as people have been sailing on ships. As humanity turns towards the stars and trades stormy seas for the vacuum of outer space, we will still find ways to wreck even the most indestructible ships and we will still sing songs of those disasters. Imagine now that you are listening to one of those songs, and if you are drinking tonight, please remember to pour one out for the Mighty John Astor, King of the Stars.
lyrics
Day after day. Ceres-town bound, so they did say. Bound instead for the grave, day after day. Time is money, don’t you be late. Time is money, day by day.
The Mighty John Astor, king of the stars. The greatest disaster this side of Mars. Too slow to make that turn, too fast to flip and burn. So long. (Pour one out for The John Astor.) Some say he’s out there still, ghost shipments to fulfill. So long.
Day after day. Captain got bent, crew shied away. What went wrong, none would say. Day after day. Time is money, don’t you make waves. Time is money, day by day.
[John Astor was a Colony-class space freighter that wrecked near the moons of Saturn on the 17th of September, 2293, when captain Orson Keane took a shortcut to save time en route to Ceres and sent the ship directly into the the path of an S-type asteroid. All hands were lost.]
Time is money, don’t be long
Day after day. Captain had his plan, captain got his way. Four score souls had to pay that fateful day. Time is money, haste makes waste. Time is money, day by day.
The Mighty John Astor, king of the stars. The greatest disaster this side of Mars. Too slow to make that turn, too fast to flip and burn. So long. Pour one out for The John Astor. Some say he’s out there still, ghost shipments to fulfill. So long.
