Recently , NASA held an online vote for the name of the new node on the international space station. You could chose from any of the pre selected names, or write in your own vote. Well, Stephen Colbert had his fans flood the website, and he wound up winning the vote. The folks at NASA weren't amused, and refused to name the node after Colbert. After some on-air needling NASA agreed to name a treadmill after Colbert, it's now called the 'Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill,' or COLBERT. Full explanation from NASA
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
NASA wimps out and names space station "Tranquility"
Recently , NASA held an online vote for the name of the new node on the international space station. You could chose from any of the pre selected names, or write in your own vote. Well, Stephen Colbert had his fans flood the website, and he wound up winning the vote. The folks at NASA weren't amused, and refused to name the node after Colbert. After some on-air needling NASA agreed to name a treadmill after Colbert, it's now called the 'Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill,' or COLBERT. Full explanation from NASA
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