Editing The Green Hills of Earth (section)

==Other references==
In his 2005 book ''[[Learning the World]]'', [[Ken MacLeod]] pays homage to this song: Chapter 17 ("Fire in the Sky") ends with a scene where a spacecraft evades an attack. The chapter ends with the background intercom blaring:
:'"All Hands! Stand by! Free Falling!"'
:'And the lights below us fade.'<ref>MacLeod, Ken. ''Learning the World'' New York: Macmillan, 2005; p. 252.</ref>

[[Anthony Boucher]], who was a close friend of Heinlein's in the 1930s in Los Angeles, in his short story "Man's Reach" makes reference to Rhysling's "Jet Song", stating, "The familiar words boomed forth with that loving vigor of all baritones who have never seen deep space":
:'"Feel her rise! Feel her drive!"'
:'Straining steel, come alive...'<ref>Boucher, Anthony, "Man's Reach", ''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', November 1972</ref>
 
In [[Randall Garrett]]'s short story ''The Man Who Hated Mars,'' the song plays in the Recreation Building of the penal colony on Mars, reminding all of what they've left.

In "Islands in the Sky" (Season 1, Episode 3, 1965) of [[Lost in Space]], Dr. Smith says he wishes to return to the "green hills of earth."