Inspired by last week’s Cosmic Baby track, I’ve created something new, along the same lines.

The other inspiration comes from the Apollo 11 journey to the moon. There’s a specific manoeuvre called a slingshot, which accelerates the shuttle by circling round the earth, using its orbit to build up the speed needed to travel to the moon. It was first used in Apollo 8 a mission that circled the moon but did not land on it.

You can find out more in this video.

The audio dialog I used in the track are real recordings from the Apollo 11 mission; all 17000 hours of the missions audio is preserved by NASA here.

I found myself comparing the track to last week’s from time to time – it was the inspiration. Whenever I did, I was struck by the simplicity of its production. I had more elements this week and this definitely made it harder to mix. It’s a good lesson to remember as much as possible.