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NASA Contest To Name ISS Module

Posted by samzenpus on from the name-that-space dept.

Solarch writes "NASA is holding a contest to name ISS Node 3. Being a Browncoat myself, I should hope that the choice of names would be obvious. As of the 7:30 PM EST on 2/25, the name Serenity has over 80% of the vote. From the site: 'Node 3 will connect to the port side of the Unity Node and will provide room for many of the station's life support systems, in the form of eight refrigerator-sized racks. After Node 3 is installed, the station's crew will transfer over many of the Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS) currently stored in various places around the station.'"

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  1. Battletoad? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know we aren't meant to complain about missing poll options; but battletoad anyone?!

    1. Re:Battletoad? by aquabat · · Score: 2

      Come on guys, let's show the world the true, raw power of Slashdot. Vote Battletoad today!

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    2. Re:Battletoad? by AC-x · · Score: 2, Funny

      There's no hope, the power of Xenu is too great!

      Top 10 Suggestions (from site)
      SYNERGY
      VISION
      TRANQUILITY
      VISTA
      HORIZON
      HOPE
      ETERNITY
      PEACE
      XENU
      ENTERPRISE

    3. Re:Battletoad? by indi0144 · · Score: 5, Funny

      VISTA... You're trying to get life support.. cancel or allow?

  2. Re:Original by mc1138 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Think of it more like an homage to a fallen comrade.

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  3. distributed versus all on one module by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So a single hit could wipe all all life support (as we know it.)

  4. Normally, I wouldn't bother but... by VShael · · Score: 5, Insightful

    it does tie in nicely with the other two names, Unity and Harmony.

    In fact, coupled with those two names, there won't be anything to indicate that Serenity has anything to do with Firefly.

    1. Re:Normally, I wouldn't bother but... by vyrus128 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I almost feel like whoever at NASA picked the poll options must have been a Firefly fan. Of the four choices, "Serenity" is really the only one that goes well with the existing two names, even to a normal person who's never heard of Firefly.

    2. Re:Normally, I wouldn't bother but... by winphreak · · Score: 2, Funny

      If they do pick Serenity, would the possible next one be Tranquility?
      Or is that already in use, and I'm just ignorant?

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    3. Re:Normally, I wouldn't bother but... by sgt+scrub · · Score: 2, Funny

      even to a normal person who's never heard of Firefly

      Normal people didn't watch firefly? Then what am... Nevermind.

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  5. Battletoad by richy+freeway · · Score: 2, Funny

    TBH.

  6. Vista?? by Dr_Barnowl · · Score: 4, Funny

    Vista is in the top 10 suggestions... draw what conclusions you will from that...

  7. Goons by stupid_is · · Score: 2, Informative

    Everybody should know that Bluebottle is Eccles' companion

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  8. Re:Serenity Now! by wisty · · Score: 3, Funny

    They are going to name their life support after an unreliable piece of go-se?

  9. Missing Poll Options... by Aranykai · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Starbug ftw.

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  10. CowboyNeal by gzipped_tar · · Score: 5, Funny

    How can a poll be without CowboyNeal? BOYCOTT NASA!!!11!1

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  11. My vote is... by dreemernj · · Score: 3, Funny

    "My tax dollars at work"

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  12. Let's have a grass roots campaign by naich · · Score: 5, Funny

    And let's see if they will name it "Cuntflaps".

  13. Re:Slashdotted Already by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, Nasa /.'ed

    We're interrogating Mr. Malda now.

    Thanks,
    No Such Agency.

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  14. NASA Bob by leroybrown · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe to sway the public perception of NASA from being a overly-technical, bloated government agency out of reach to the common man to a user-friendly, warm-and-fuzzy entity people can feel good about funding with public funds, how about "NASA Bob". Maybe draw a pair of glasses and a smile on it with a sharpie...

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  15. This is soooo easy! by pig-power · · Score: 2, Funny

    Space Junk One?

  16. Re:My Votes ... ? by thedonger · · Score: 4, Funny

    at least then we had a goal to chase

    goal to chase

    goal to chase

    goatse

    I have decoded your secret message. Name the ISS module 'goatse.' Your will is my command.

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  17. Re:Serenity Now! by Kjella · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sure, it's unreliable in the same sense as Captain Kirk is mortal and could be killed as easily as one of the red shirts. A breakdown or damage may heighten tension but you can be pretty damn sure it'll be flying again in the next episode. In fact, being on an "undestructable" ship like the Death Star is an almost certain guarantee you're really on the Titanic instead. All things considered Firefly is probably the safest ship in its universe, though I'd still prefer a recent USS Enterprise for the holodeck.

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  18. Re:Strangely, my name isn't even in the top ten. by History's+Coming+To · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.... ;)

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  19. Re:My Votes ... ? by daveime · · Score: 2, Insightful

    To be honest, I preferred the concept of "mutually assured destruction", that the current "US guaranteed destruction".

    The US wasn't quite so blase about wandering into foreign countries and trying to impose their view on things, when they thought the USSR might have something to say about it.

    There was a barrier to things, the US tried not to piss off the neighbours too often ... now they wander all over the neighbours lawn and let their dog shit on it.

  20. Re:Slashdotted Already by Shakrai · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's ok, CmdrTaco has always wanted to meet James Earl Jones and blackmail a Winnebago out of him ;)

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  21. Re:single point of failure? by timeOday · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Quick, email NASA before they forget to engineer reliability in the new space station they're launching next week.

  22. Re:Serenity Now! by CookieOfFortune · · Score: 2, Funny

    I believe the official spelling is gou shi.

  23. This should be on a plaque on the module... by Daswolfen · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Take my love, take my land
    Take me where I cannot stand
    I don't care, I'm still free
    You can't take the sky from me
    Take me out to the black
    Tell them I ain't comin' back
    Burn the land and boil the sea
    You can't take the sky from me
    There's no place I can be
    Since I found Serenity
    But you can't take the sky from me...

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  24. Browncoat by Daimanta · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Being a Browncoat myself, I should hope that the choice of names would be obvious. "

    Yes, but naming it Ernst Roehm would involve Godwin's Law every time somebody tried to discuss the craft.

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  25. Re:Slashdotted Already by Facetious · · Score: 2, Funny

    With a big kitchen...

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  26. I'm suprised "Freeside" and "Villa Straylight"... by RevWaldo · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm suprised "Freeside" and "Villa Straylight" haven't been mentioned. A few more suggestions:

    Hull Breach
    Auto Destruct
    Warning Extreme Hazard to Crew
    Watchtower
    Fortress of Very Little Solitude
    House of Pain
    House of Fun
    House of 1000 Corpses
    House of the Rising Sun
    Not That Node The Other Node No The OTHER Other Node.

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  27. Serenity logo by Xolotl · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If they do name it Serenity (got my vote) they should paint the Serenity logo on the side :)