NASA In Colbert Conundrum Over Space Station

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @11:54PM 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."

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Re:Tough spot? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 00:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Even after reading the article, I still fail to grok what the "tough spot" is.

I have a solution for that tough spot. Let me introduce you to my friend:

I'M BILLY MAYS AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT OXYCLEAN!"
Can't we please all agree.. by OneSmartFellow · 2009-04-01 01:48 · Score: 0, Offtopic

.. to refer to Chaka Fattah as Arthur Davenport, it doesn't sound so pretentious.