Music for the stars or music from the stars? Credits: created with Assistance from OpenAI’s DALL·E
Music has always been part of the Becoming Spacepolitans journey, not as background noise, but as a reading companion, a heartfelt suggestion, a shared mood.
Listen to Cosmic by Avenged Sevenfold to enjoy reading this post.
Every page and every post on the blog comes with a small instruction: listen to a specific track while reading. Over time, those tracks have formed something bigger than individual recommendations. They have become a shared soundtrack for how we look at space.
At Christmas, music feels especially appropriate. It is one of the few gifts that does not need wrapping. It travels lightly, reaches everyone, and carries memories with it. In that spirit, the updated Spacepolitans Playlist is a small gift to everyone.
With the 2025 additions, the playlist has now grown beyond fifty songs. Each one was chosen because it resonated with a page, a post, or a moment in the evolution of the blog. Together, they trace a path through curiosity, exploration, reflection, and optimism, all key elements of the Spacepolitan mindset.
This year, the playlist also takes a new step forward. In addition to YouTube, the full Spacepolitans Playlist is now available on Spotify. Different platform, same journey. Wherever you prefer to listen, the soundtrack is there.
A dedicated home also opens the door to what comes next. In the months ahead, the blog will begin to take on a shape that reflects its identity more closely, with a clearer layout, a sharper visual tone, and new room for the Tales to breathe. Quiet improvements are already underway.
New songs will continue to be added as new pages and posts are released, but Christmas is the right moment to pause, listen, and look back at how far the journey has already taken us.
Thank you for reading, listening, and becoming Spacepolitans together.
Space for All, all for Space!
Becoming Spacepolitans 