Colbert Denied By NASA [VIDEO]

 

They will not be naming the space nodule after Stephen Colbert, instead choosing a dumb NASA-ish name which is also decidedly not "Fartmonkey," Stephen Colbert's other suggestion. However, all is not lost, as Stephen Colbert's name will, indeed, be in space... 

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"Tranquility"? Blah. "Colbert" got 230,539 write-in votes, compared to about 40,000 for the runner-up, "Serenity." Which NASA isn't going with either. Is this how they do democracy in space? Good concession to the will of the people by NASA, though, putting a COLBERT in the space nodule - a Combined Operational Load-Bearing External Resistance Treadmill. 

They're naming the exercise treadmill after him. Great. We grumble quietly, and we move on. 

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