NASA names Node 'Tranquility'
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I thought "Serenity" got the second most votes ???
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WASHINGTON -- The International Space Station module formerly known as Node 3 has a new name. After more than a million online responses, the node will be called "Tranquility."
The name Tranquility was chosen from thousands of suggestions submitted by participants on NASA's Web site, www.nasa.gov. The "Help Name Node 3" poll asked people to vote for the module's name either by choosing one of four options listed by NASA or offering their own suggestion. Tranquility was one of the top ten suggestions submitted by respondents to the poll, which ended March 20.
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/name_ISS/index.html
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We got hosed. Colbert stuffed the ballot box on t.v., to stoke his own ego, and got a tread mill named after him.
What did we get ?
What we seem to get most often.....
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Tranquility - Serenity...........Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm,
Mighty suspichoso!
Still though, it was good to be in the hunt.
SGG
Tawabawho?
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They didn't want to name it after him.
However they didn't want to seem 'uncool' and tell him no.
So they made sure that NEITHER side won.
Talk about sycophantism at its best.
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So, why have the contest at all?
At least they can watch Firefly and Serenity while walking on his stupid treadmill.
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Originally posted by Peulsar5:
So, why have the contest at all?
Yeah, my question exactly. They ignore the top SEVEN choices and go with the 8th one? I call Shenanigans!
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I wonder how many Billions NASA spent on this whole back and forth.Just to have the outcome probably be what they wanted!!!
I will still call it SERENITY no matter what they paint on it!!!
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I will still call it SERENITY no matter what they paint on it!!!
Hear hear!!! GRRRRRR I bet Serenity had thousands of more votes than Tranquility....and Serenity fits in better with Harmony and Unity. What a load of go se.
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He only rallied a vote to make some spiteful prank. Colbert is scum, he should stick to comedy
the dweeb has no interest in space exploration
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And I was just about to send them my back-up port compression coil too! 
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