Kepler-186f

I'm building a spaceship in my garden shed

From old bits of second hand cars

It's due to depart in a couple of months

Not to Uranus, Venus or Mars

But far further away in the cosmos

Lies a planet quite similar to Earth

With an atmosphere simply to die for

Yes it's Kepler dash 186f

There's room for at least a dozen or so

And I'm currently making a list

Of some of my friends who might fancy the trip

But I think I will have to insist

That they bring some warm clothes for the journey

Some sandwiches, cakes and a flask

'cause five hundred light years is quite distant

But I think they'll be up to the task

I'm obliged to ask Peter and Suzy

Well they had us for Christmas last year

And Bill and Claudette from the Alderman's Arms

I could put them in charge of the beer

There's Mary and Phil, they're already an item

There's Vera McKinlay and Brent

Then there's Tommy and Lil, I just had to invite them

As Tommy's the one with the tent

I've ensured that they're all of childbearing age

And I'll pair them all up from the start

And I'll seat them together to help them

get familiar before we depart

Then as soon as we land on the planet

We'll get down the business in hand

And in no time at all there'll be hundreds of us

To develop our new wonderland

So quite soon we'll be ready for lift-off

And I'll fill up the rockets with gas

(I feel sure they'll withstand the explosion

'cause I've used only best fibreglass)

Then as soon as my crew are assembled

And the satnav is fitted and primed

We'll be heading for Kepler dash 186f

And one more giant step for mankind