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Stephen Colbert may or may not have a room at the international space station named after him. That is now up to the ladies at NASA. But one thing is for sure, people should stop having contests for naming stuff. Dude’s just going to bulldoze it. From the AP:
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.”
Serenity? That was a legitimate name that adults who are space scientists suggested? Yuck. That’s either the cheesiest, most seriously-we’re-still-naming-shit-Serenity-you-hippies? type suggestion OR it’s a nerd-face reference to the canceled Joss Whedon series, and either way, BOO, NASA. I can’t believe my write-in candidate, Space Jam Room Inspired By The Movie Space Jam, didn’t win. (I can believe that my write-in candidate, Space Jam Room Inspired by the Movie Space Jam, didn’t win.)
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It’s definitely nerd-face reference. And if the usage of that option (the others are pretty similarly 21st Century Hippie) isn’t a reference, its popularity definitely is…
I gotta say I’m happy however this turns out.
I can’t believe that NASA, which is FULL OF NERDS, couldn’t see something like this coming. If it wasn’t going to be “Colbert,” it’d be “Jonas” or “Octomom.”
This man gets away with the most ridiculous stuff. I love it.
It was getting voted up by Firefly fans, but the other two modules are called Unity and Tranquility (or some such) so it did at least fit the general theme of the station.
I’m bummed that they didn’t let him run for President because….honestly, we of the Colbert Nation are dedicated followers.
The episodes when he was running for president were The Best.
This is a travesty, it ought to be named GALACTICA!
Apparently the purpose of the station is to recycle urine into allegedly drinkable water, so I think it should be called “Voyager.”
Or “Waterworld.”
Why not just name it “The Room?”
how about we market it out to the highest bidder. i would have no problem with the colbert room presented by cheetos…
Serenity, really? NASA is full of Joss Whedon fans, who would have thought? I’m sure some other suggestions by NASA engineers were Cylon, Buffy, Summer Glau, Dollhouse, or Dr. Horrible.