NASA Might Name Toilet For Comedian Stephen Colbert

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By Brian Berger and Jeremy Hsu, Space News/SPACE.com Staff Writers



NASA may consider putting Stephen Colbert's name on a space toilet, after the comedian came out on top of the U.S. space agency's online naming poll for a new space module.

The eponymous host of "The Colbert Report" swept in as a dark-horse challenger after urging viewers to enter his name through a write-in option. When voting ended March 20, "Colbert" had amassed more than 230,000 votes to beat out second-place name "Serenity" by more than 40,000 votes.

"Come on, Serenity?" Colbert said on his March 10 show. "That's not a space module, that's a Glade plug-in."

The Node 3 module contains eight fridge-sized racks for many of the space station's life support systems, such as the new space toilet, as well as an observation deck that contains a work station for the International Space Station's 57-foot robotic arm. It is currently slated for launch later this year to the space station.

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

[dbonds]

1. That is an insult, is NASA RW?

[Posteritatis]

12. People voted to name it that, therefore NASA's rightwing? The hell? (nt)

[dbonds]

14. Wow did you miss the point of the post.

[Faygo Kid]

2. What, Flush Limbaugh was already taken?

Colbert will have a field day with this one.

[peekaloo]

4. Sweet.

Funny thing that ol' OxyMoran was my first thought, too.

Flush Limbaugh. :thumbsup:

[peekaloo]

3. Time to update the "Dead To Me" board.

bastids!

[Sancho]

5. If NASA is that dumb, then they will hear about it on national TV for years!

Throw me into the briar patch!

[htuttle]

6. Revenge of the Butt-Head Astronomers!

:rofl:

[Duckhunter935]

7. Should be

Colbert's Serenity room

[Dumak]

8. come on people, have a sense of humor

Colbert would have a lot of fun with it on his show. But they shouldn't have told the public about it, and instead integrated the unveiling with his show.

[ColbertWatcher]

9. People, people, people, please ...

... Dr. Colbert said on the March 4, 2009 episode of his award-winning and beloved news program, The Colbert Report:

"Will NASA name part of the space station after me!? If I change my name to Stephen Urine Filtration System!?"

--Truthiness Encyclopedia

In fact it was the first thing he said on that episode.

[peekaloo]

10. This is America dammit! When the people vote in the majority for a

candidate THAT candidate is the winner!!!!




;-)

[ColbertWatcher]

11. Damn right. Will NASA be cowardly like those Hungarian bridge people!? n/t

[moggie]

13. 'Toilet row' lowers space morale

Now Russian cosmonauts wanting to use the Colbert are told they need to use their own:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7973747.stm