Watch NASA Play the First Song Ever on Mars [VIDEO]

Mars: a great place to visit if you like rocks, red sunsets, giant dormant volcanoes and 300-mile-an-hour winds.

But if you're looking for a little music? Not so great. Not until Tuesday afternoon, when the Curiosity Rover broadcast a song by former Black Eyed Peas frontman and CNN hologram will.i.am -- the first song, so far as we know, ever played on an alien planet.

The tune, entitled "Reach For the Stars," isn't what you might expect from will.i.am. No pumping beats here -- just an uplifting orchestral background and heavy-duty inspirational lyrics about setting our goals higher. Props to will.i.am in particular for destroying that old clich…
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