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NASA To Announce Module Name On Colbert Show

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what's-in-a-name dept.

olddotter noted that NASA's Facebook page says "NASA's newest module for the International Space Station will get a new name on April 14. The agency plans to make the announcement with the help of Expedition 14 and 15 astronaut Sunita 'Suni' Williams on Comedy Central's 'The Colbert Report.' The program will air at 11:30 p.m. EDT."

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  1. Too "Colbert".. by bradgoodman · · Score: 2, Interesting
    It would be too "Colbert"...for NASA to come on his show and announce that they decided to name it "Tranquility", or whatever else they were planning on actually naming it anyways.

    You'd assume this means they decided to name it after him...wanna bet?

    1. Re:Too "Colbert".. by eln · · Score: 5, Interesting

      NASA has done segments with Colbert before, such as when the astronaut aboard the ISS was interviewed on his show. I would imagine Colbert's core audience of young college students appeals to NASA quite a bit. The trick, as for anyone that shows up on his program, is to go with a good non-ridiculous name and present it in a funny way on his show.

      I think their best bet would be to name the node itself Serenity and name the actual urine recycling unit inside "Colbert". That should appease his audience and make for good TV as well.

    2. Re:Too "Colbert".. by shadowbearer · · Score: 2, Interesting

        The word "serenity" predates a certain wonderful science show by quite a few centuries.

        It fits in very well with the nomenclature used for the other modules.

        It also describes the feeling of seeing the earth from orbit.

        I've seen entirely too much of this "OMG it's from a teenager science fiction drama" on this site to think that there are many adults (!=age) on this site anymore.

        Even if it was named after the valley where a certain SF character lost a war and/or a SF spacecraft, what the hell is wrong with that? The story gestalt in Firefly was about freedom to go and explore and survive.

        You have no fucking imagination and as far as I'm concerned no damned right to comment on spacecraft names at all. You just plain don't get it.

        Go live in your little world.

        Shadowbearer (who is old enough to remember why the prototype space shuttle was named Enterprise)

      --
      It's old. The more humans I meet, the more I like my cats. At least they are honest.
  2. Re:Ship's toilet - head: Space toilet - colbert by Talderas · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sorry chap, I'm going to have to take a short break from this experiment. I feel a most dire need to drop a deuce in the Colbert, lest I drop a deuce in my suit, and we know what happened the last time that happened.

    --
    "Lack of speed can be overcome. In the worst case by patience." --Znork
  3. Watching it online? by CopaceticOpus · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'd like to watch this show, but I don't have cable. It's very nice that they have full episodes available on Colbert Nation. However, is there any way to watch the show online Tuesday night? Does anyone know how long they wait before putting that night's show onto the web?