What is "reach for the stars"

vb. (context idiomatic English) To have high hopes, to be ambitious

Reach for the Stars is a science fiction strategy video game. It is the earliest known commercially published example of the 4X games (Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate) genre. It was written by Roger Keating and Ian Trout of SSG of Australia and published in 1983 for the Commodore 64 and then the Apple II in 1985. Version 3 added a DOS port, though it did not share all of the features of the other platforms. The game was eventually ported to pre-Mac OS X versions of the Macintosh operating system, such as System 6. It was also ported to the Amiga and Apple IIGS, from the Mac OS version.

The player commands a home star in the galaxy, and then expands to form an interstellar empire by colonizing far-off worlds, building powerful starships, and researching new technologies.

Reach for the Stars was very strongly influenced by the board game Stellar Conquest. Many of RFTS's features have direct correspondence in Stellar Conquest.

Graphics are minimal, yet the tactical and strategic elements provide countless rich combinations for colony development and interstellar warfare. The software's AI also offered a challenging opponent in single-player games. It is not uncommon for a Reach for the Stars game to take over twelve hours to complete in single-player mode and 24 hours with multiple players.

Reach for the Stars may refer to:

• "Reach For the Stars", Cash Cash song for the 2010 SEGA video game Sonic Colors
• "Reach for the Stars" (Mars or NASA Edition), a 2012 single from will.i.am's upcoming fourth album, #willpower
• "Reach for the Stars" (song), a 1961 UK #1 single
• " Reach", a song by pop group S Club 7, commonly referred to as Reach For The Stars
• Reach for the Stars, a 1981 CBS space-themed campaign
• Reach for the Stars (video game), a 1983 science fiction strategy video game
• Reach for the Stars (game show), a 1967 American game show

"Reach for the Stars" is a song made popular by Shirley Bassey, and written by Austrian pop singer/songwriter Udo Jürgens (with English lyrics by Norman Newell). As a double A-side single (b/w " Climb Ev'ry Mountain") it went to No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart for one week in September 1961.

The song, together with its B-side, were the inspiration for the S Club 7 song Reach.

Reach for the Stars was an American game show which briefly aired on NBC weekday mornings at 10:00 beginning January 2, 1967 for a total of 65 episodes. The show was produced by Merv Griffin Productions at NBC's New York studios and was hosted by Bill Mazer.

"Reach for the Stars", alternately subtitled "Mars Edition" and "NASA Edition", is a song written, produced and recorded by American recording artist will.i.am in commemoration of the landing of the Curiosity rover on the planet Mars. First released on August 28, 2012, the song also appears on the deluxe edition of his fourth studio album #willpower (2013). "Reach for the Stars (Mars Edition)" became the first song in history to be broadcast from another planet, completing a journey of more than 300 million miles between Mars and Earth.