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NASA In Colbert Conundrum Over Space Station

Posted by kdawson on from the doing-the-right-thing dept.

After Stephen Colbert won the vote in NASA's contest to name a new module on the International Space Station, NASA found itself in a tough spot. According to Reuters, "Contest rules stipulate that the agency retains the right to basically do whatever it wants," but it may not be all that easy. At first NASA floated the idea of naming the new module's toilet "Colbert." But Last Thursday Congressman Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., urged the agency to respect the people's wishes. And Colbert turned up the heat on yesterday's weekly show: "So NASA, I urge you to heed Congressman Fattah's call for democracy in orbit. Either name that node after me, or I too will reject democracy and seize power as space's evil tyrant overlord. Ball's in your court."

6 of 398 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Fuck Colbert, tell him to get his own Station by tpgp · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm getting bloody sick of his internet vandalism.

    Me too! He should be forced to scrub his vandalism off & return the Internet to its original pure / virginal white.

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  2. Re:Fuck Colbert, tell him to get his own Station by tomhudson · · Score: 5, Funny

    NASA should say "I for one welcome space's evil tyrant overlord."

  3. Re:Would be Great PR. by EdZ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Name the node Colbert, but pronounce it with a hard 't' (i.e. cohl-burt).

  4. Re:Fuck Colbert, tell him to get his own Station by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 5, Funny

    You are retarded.

    Oh, dear. I'm afraid your contribution violates our site's policy regarding Neutral Point of View and Verifiability. As a punishment, your account will be suspended for thirty days and you must wash my car.

  5. Re:Fuck Colbert, tell him to get his own Station by codeButcher · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...they said they would only use his name if: 1) he could demonstrate he was fluent in Hungarian, and 2) he was dead.

    Well, you can't very well demonstrate that you are fluent in Hungarian if you are dead. So what they actually told him is "over our dead body". Only in Hungarian.

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  6. Re:Enjoy his humor for what it is and play with it by Hott+of+the+World · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jimmy Doolittle would also be an excellent name for a toilet. Just sayin.

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