Colbert beat Serenity for naming rights to new ISS node

POSTED BY: Stoweaway
UPDATED: Friday, March 27, 2009 00:27
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STOWEAWAY

Monday, March 23, 2009 10:12 PM

Didn't see this mentioned anywhere else on the site. I just saw it myself on Yahoo.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090323/ap_on_re_us/sci_space_station_colb
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We only had the majority among the suggested names. Colbert's write-in campaign beat Serenity by 40,000 votes.

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PHYRELIGHT

Monday, March 23, 2009 10:18 PM

Hehe! I just made a post on the same subject too. LOL!

WHOZIT

Monday, March 23, 2009 10:22 PM

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/23/colbert-gets-230539-votes-may-be-
used-for-space-station-room/15027

ECGORDON

Monday, March 23, 2009 10:49 PM

They said they weren't bound by any of the votes anyway, but if they name it Colbert all I have to say is "Frak NASA!"

MSA

Monday, March 23, 2009 11:09 PM

they already said they want a name that compliments the other already named one ( tranquility etc) so no way it's named Colbert.... ( though it does make me want to slap him. ) No way Nasa pics it.. I am sure they will still go with Serenity

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

BIGGESTDAMNHERO

Monday, March 23, 2009 11:42 PM

I'm surprised Serenity was Nasa's choice. Like to think that someone in Nasa is a browncoat, but probably not the case.

WASHINGTON – NASA's online contest to name a new room at the international space station went awry. Comedian Stephen Colbert won.

The name "Colbert" beat out NASA's four suggested options in the space agency's effort to have the public help name the addition. The new room will be launched later this year.

NASA's mistake was allowing write-ins. Colbert urged viewers of his Comedy Central show, "The Colbert Report" to write in his name. And they complied, with 230,539 votes. That clobbered Serenity, one of the NASA choices, by more than 40,000 votes. Nearly 1.2 million votes were cast by the time the contest ended Friday.

NASA reserves the right to choose an appropriate name. Agency spokesman John Yembrick said NASA will decide in April, but will give top vote-getters "the most consideration."

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RALLEM

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 12:03 AM

I say frak Colbert.

http://www.swyzzlestyx.com/index.html

STOWEAWAY

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 12:43 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by rallem:
I say frak Colbert.

Ewwwww, gross. No thanks.

But have at it if you like.

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RALLEM

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:38 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Stoweaway:
Quote:
Originally posted by rallem:
I say frak Colbert.

Ewwwww, gross. No thanks.

But have at it if you like.

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ROFL, not exactly what I meant but definately funny. Not that kind of funny though.

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AURAPTOR

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:44 AM

we suck

*sigh*

"As much as I respect what he's doing, really the economy is something he should focus on more than the brackets. "
- Duke University basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, after Obama snubbed Duke in his Final Four picks.

The U.S. economy WAS on fire under Bush, for 6 years. Until the Democrats took control of Congress. It's been all down hill since then.

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