Stephen Colbert iiiiiin spaaaaaace! At least, that’s what I’m hoping. In his latest stab at world domination, Colbert charged his Colbert Nation fans with voting for his moniker in a poll to name a node on the international space station — and to the shock of no one, "Colbert" was the top vote-getter.A spokesman for NASA makes it clear the naming of Node 3 (Nodes 1 and 2 are Unity and Harmony, FYI) is far from a done deal. "It wasn’t a contest, but a poll where folks could either pick one of the NASA candidate names or submit their own suggested name," John Yembrick, the agency’s public affairs officer, wrote in an e-mail. "We are considering all the suggestions, with the highest voted names receiving the most consideration."
I hope NASA goes for it, not just because it doesn’t really matter what the nodes on a space station are named, but also because I find the ever-growing list of things named after Stephen Colbert to be hilarious. The list includes:
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- Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle, the mascot for the minor league hockey team Saginaw Spirit
- Stephen, Jr., a bald eagle at the San Francisco zoo
- Stephanie Colbertle the Turtle, a leatherback turtle in the first Great Turtle Race
- Aptostichus stephencolberti, a trapdoor spider
- Air Colbert, a Virgin America jetStephen Colbert’s
- Americone Dream, a Ben & Jerry’s flavor
- Esteban Colbert, a very virile falcon in San Jose
- Stelephant Colbert, an elephant seal tagged as part of a study from UC Santa Cruz
Do the right(wing) thing, NASA, and name that darn module after him, too. He’s been an avid fan of the space program and everything.
Whaddya think, PopWatchers? Will Colbert get the nodule nod, or will NASA cop out?
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While I’m a big Colbert fan, I was pulling for Serenity to win (if only because I’m an even bigger Firefly fan)
Noooo! Stephen Colbert already has a ton of stuff named after him – why couldn’t they name the node Serenity? Firefly deserves some love.
Yeah, I was pulling for Serenity, too. I guess we only needed about 40,000 more of us to vote. Considering that Colbert has a nightly show from which he solicited his viewers to vote for him, I think Serenity did pretty well!
I hope Stephen gets it,but I know that “THE MAN” will back out of the deal.
I’m a big Colbert fan but this running gag of hijacking online votes is getting pretty old.
you forgot to mention the Stephen Colbert Bridge in Hungary! The fact that that Colbert beat out Chuck Norris for the name of that bridge simply amazes me. Or did they ever end up naming the bridge after him?
Colbert is hillarious! I think that he’s a great laugh in an otherwise dull society.
Colbert needs to get his name up there so everything in space can see his awesomeness.
I don’t think NASA will do it, but they should!
Frak Colbert. His self-promotion schtick is tired. He got his sheep to vote which is why it “won.” I voted for Serenity, I guess the Browncoats are no match for Colbert’s Alliance.
I don’t think Unity and Harmony could handle all the truthiness that would come with a Colbert-related moniker for one of their brethren. They’d be held to task far too often.
@Ian: They didn’t name the bridge after him. Sadly.
Excellent proof of the power to influence that the media has.
Go Steven!
Get a life Tim G,
If anybody really cares about what stupid nomenclature NASA implements, more than 240k people would have would’ve for your stupid Serenity. I wish President Obama would get rid of that waste of money dump known as NASA.
Screw Colbert! Serenity now!
I think it’s perfectly apt to name grossly expensive and unneeded government spending initiatives after the libtard media apologists who adore big government. Can we name our nationalized health care system after Jon Stewart?
I like Colbert, but he won because the fans cheated. They used a voting bot program to continuously add votes. Cheaters shouldn’t win!
Hey Timburlaine-
You just agreed with Bill Maher about something…hahaha. He doesn’t think we need NASA either.
Too bad he’s just another libtard. Hey, guess not too busy making conservatives look even dumber than Sarah Palin to comment on articles about talk show hosts that you can’t stand and technology programs that you can’t stand. Smart.
Colbert is a stupid name. It should be Serenity that is what I voted for.
Well remember that the original write-in winner was Xenu, “the fictional scientology dictator of the Galactic Confederacy.” I don’t think Colbert would have done it had Xenu not been the current write-in winner; he just wanted to make fun of it. I think that Colbert is way less controversial than Xenu, and WAY cooler than Serenity. Too bad NASA probably won’t put it up.
I hope he wins! NASA shouldn’t cop out now, and besides dystopia, where in the world did you get that idea?
Does the earth realy want to be represented by the fictional character Xenu invented by the con artist L. Ron Hubbard who created a “religion” so that he could scam his brainwashed followers out of their life savings
and avoid paying taxes?
LONG LIVE COLBERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Are you telling me I missed my chance to vote for Serenity?!
Is this guy supposed to be funny? Maybe funny looking. But his comedy sucks….
SPOILER ALERT?
The likely outcome of this may be that NASA names something important in the new module after Colbert, earning NASA a “Tip of the Hat.” However, that something could be the “Colbert Space Commode” — perhaps in tribute to the placement of his image in the National Portrait Gallery — which should gain the space agency a well-deserved “Wag of the Finger.”
See the space toilet story at:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29863574/
I think it should be named Colbert- I voted for him (not using a bot program). Even though the irony of naming a space node serenity (as something can only be serene when it is not stuck on this horrible planet) is great, I think it will be even better years from now if alien life discovers the node and believes COLBERT to be some huge key to our civilization.
It would be pretty lame of NASA to cop out & not name it after him. Hopefully, they will make the right choice.
We’re all going to call the new segment Xenu anyway regardless of what NASA wants to name it. I mean the notoriously criminal Scientology crime syndicate is amusing and idiotic, its crime bosses and ringleaders insane, but the bait-and-switch bunko fraud the crooks sell to their remaining rubes, marks, and suckers –is– amusing.
True, Scientology’s endless crimes and human rights / civil rights abuses are serious business, but naming the segment Xenu would better serve the world’s people to serve as yet one more reminder of the crmiinality, insanity, and amusing stupidity of the Scientology Corporation and its crooks.
My opinions only and only my opinions, as always.
I love the latest for Colbert. I have no doubt that a guy like this could influence any decision that matters in America. I think I’ll put is picture on my site at http://www.jaredritchey.com
Serenity was the real choice, not a stunt pulled by a tv host. Besides NASA clearly stated that it had to fit in the spirit of the space station.
As Mal would say “But it ain’t all buttons and charts, little albatross. You know what the first rule of flyin’ is? Well I suppose you do, since you already know what I’m about to say. Love. You can know all the math in the ‘Verse, but take a boat in the air you don’t love, she’ll shake you off just as sure as the turning of worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down, tells ya she’s hurtin’ ‘fore she keens. Makes her home.”