Colbert beat Serenity for naming rights to new ISS node

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UPDATED: Friday, March 27, 2009 00:27
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HELL'S KITTEN

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 4:49 PM

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Originally posted by Fiddler:
Okay everybody, let's all just chill for two seconds. I have a few points to make.

Whoooo-boy, thanks for the lecture.

Didn't notice too many people becoming "unchilled," but that's just my perspective.
You made some very nice points. Just like the others who've said pretty much the same thing. But it gives us something to talk about, no? ANYway....

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We beat Star Trek. I say that because everyone knows that the first fully modified shuttle designed for deep space manned flight (to mars for example)will be named after that Trek flagship, the Enterprise. But for a generation or two first, we will be shinning overhead,...

Uh-huh. Sure, sure. I mean, if you completely discount the dozens of vessels already named Enterprise over the past 200 years (including a NASA space shuttle and the inaugural space vessel from Virgin)....

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FIDDLER

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:22 PM

Those space crafts were trinkets. The space station is the first attempt to truly live in space, and I'm talking about the important space flights like manned deep space flights. This is the International Space Station. Mankind's joint foray into colonizing space, not a vanity mission. And if you missed it, it was sarcasm, aimed at the point I made about the name serenity having nothing to do with Firefly. The name Enterprise is a hallowed name used many times in history before being chosen as a meaningful name for Star Trek. I was being ironic by admonishing for making those links and then making them myself... and the guy sitting next to me at the time was watching Star Trek TNG on his laptop. He got a kick out of it.

But I shall take your point and say touche my friend.

"Am I talking to Miranda now?"

HELL'S KITTEN

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:21 PM

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Originally posted by Fiddler:
Those space crafts were trinkets.

Trinkets? Trinkets?!?
Oooooh, you FIEND! You're just itchin' for a fight, aren't ya??

^ (kidding, you know)

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Mankind's joint foray into colonizing space, not a vanity mission. And if you missed it, it was sarcasm,

Nerp. Didn't miss it at all.
Just having fun with ya.

<---(see? clear indicator of fun-having. or. something like that. is there a clearer "fun-having" emoticon? hmmmmmm)

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The name Enterprise is a hallowed name used many times in history before being chosen as a meaningful name for Star Trek.

Seriously? Okay, now you're either kidding or just insane. Clearly... CLEARLY... the Enterprise of the future went back in time by flinging themselves around a ginormous sun in order to affect our past and plant the name of their ship in our collective consciousnesses and histories. Come on... you KNOW it's true.... And if the Aught-Three mid-bulk transports could have handled that sort of flingy-gravitational-stressy stuff, they would have done the same and we'd all be sailing in the Goodyear Serenity now. But they didn't. Cuz they're not as awesome as Star Trek. Clearly.

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FIDDLER

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:28 PM

hmmm... You make a valid point. I forgot about time travel. Damnable federation.

... I honestly have no comeback... I'm quite shocked actually. I really have no smart remark to make. Do I have a fever?

... umm... well... your... your face is not as awesome as Star Trek, clearly. (that was weak... real weak )

"Am I talking to Miranda now?"

RALLEM

Thursday, March 26, 2009 12:47 AM

Maybe NASA will name node three Jupiter 2 just to spite everyone.

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

FIDDLER

Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:57 AM

LOL! That would be some heifer-like behavior.

Once upon a time I had wanted the space station to be called Babylon 5... but realized we would first need a 1, 2, 3, and 4.

MERC2K

Thursday, March 26, 2009 4:05 AM

Just popping in to say, there may still be hope for Serenity yet.

http://www.space.com/entertainment/090324-colbert-space-toilet.html

GILOVE2DANCE

Thursday, March 26, 2009 5:32 PM

I totally got into a fight with a guy in my class over this today! I overheard him talking about how cool it was that Colbert won the contest and I kinda blew up at him and started ranting. It was kinda hilarious cause I totally made him back down and promise to watch the show.

Woot!

DMI

Friday, March 27, 2009 12:27 AM

NASA is out of date anyway. http://www.spaceportamerica.com/

A blog on the struggles of an unpublished writer: http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/dmi/default.aspx

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