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Will.I.Am Over The Moon To Write Song For Nasa

Singer reveals happiness at being asked to pen first song to be played on Mars...

Will.I.Am has said he is thrilled to be Black Eyed Peas star said: "I don't think I can talk about it, but there is a rocket going to Mars, it lands in August and when in lands it will send back a signal to earth and that signal will be the song."
He added: "This project with Nasa is to help inspire kids to get involved in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
"My mission is to inspire the youth to care about education."
The rapper has worked with the US space agency in the past to promote science to young people on Twitter and has also delivered a public service announcement on Nasa’s TV channel.
His comments come a day after it was revealed that he The Voice to The Prince's Trust in order to help disadvantaged youngsters – and just two weeks after he [uuid=9c503e7f-2271-4e51-ae02-19f973aecb76]carried the Olympic torch[/uuid].

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