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?
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!