Space Interest
James has confessed he has “always loved looking up at the stars.” His subsequent space fascination led him to involve Blur in the ill-fated Beagle 2 project. In addition to the band producing the Mars probe's call-sign, James was also personally part of the campaign to get the project funded. His interest with space is further bookmarked by the track "Far Out" on the Blur album Parklife, on which James sings a list of moons and stars. On 25 January 2007 James became "Artist in Residence" in the Astrophysics department at the University of Oxford. He also joined the British Astronomical Association while Blur were still touring. James has recently urged the general public to stop light pollution in a bid to make it easier to see the stars at night, urging “there is nothing like staring at a star-lit sky to remind you what an amazing miracle the universe really is.”
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