HDU NASA

Original post reports the following: NASA announced Tuesday that it won't name a room in the international space station after Stephen Colbert. Instead, it has named a treadmill after him.

NASA earlier held an online contest to name a room (or "node") at the international space station. With write-in votes, the name "Colbert" beat out NASA's four suggested options: Serenity, Legacy, Earthrise and Venture.

On Tuesday's "The Colbert Report" on Comedy Central, astronaut Sunita Williams announced that NASA — which always maintained it had the right to choose an appropriate name — would not name the node after Colbert.

Instead, Node 3 will henceforth be called Tranquility, the eighth most popular response submitted by respondents in the poll.

gingerslam2 2009-04-15 02:48 am UTC (link)

HEY NASA IN NUMEROLOGY EIGHT IS THE NUMBER OF YOU'RE A FUCKING PUSSY

lumaria 2009-04-15 02:49 am UTC (link)

LMAO

cassandrathevil 2009-04-15 02:50 am UTC (link)

lmfao

ninestoriesonme 2009-04-15 03:02 am UTC (link)

WIN.

tin_o_biscuits 2009-04-15 02:49 am UTC (link)

NASA Not Appreciative of Stephen Colbert's Awesomeness.

fancifull 2009-04-15 02:50 am UTC (link)

I APPROVE OF THIS COMMENT.

soundofthe 2009-04-15 02:52 am UTC (link)

This is officially their new name. screw_jack 2009-04-15 03:25 am UTC (link) A+

Thanks to Alicia M. for sending these in.