After almost getting a toilet named after him, Stephen Colbert will be surprised to know that he’s getting his name on a treadmill instead. Our surprise? NASA picked the EIGHTH most popular name instead.
Really NASA? Really? We can see you not picking Serenity, even with its Firefly connotations, or Colbert, because it’s Colbert, but picking something in the eighth slot in a poll? WHY EVEN HAVE A VOTE? What’s wrong with you people, seriously. [SFGate]
jop
April 15, 2009 at 1:43 PM
oh shutuppp…those who have never paid attention to NASA do not deserve naming anything NASA related. I’ve been following NASA since I was 8 and now I work for the agency. The votes of 13-21 year old dimwits does not constitute as a “democracy.” I’m glad the letters we wrote urging NASA HQ to refuse the name paid off.
Report PermalinkOllie
April 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
It’s NASA… after spending billions developing a pen that could write in zero gravity, and then getting shown up by a Russian who used a pencil, it’s no surprise that they picked 8th on the list.
Report PermalinkMaybe they’re actually building a spaceship named Serenity *crosses fingers* :)
sam
April 15, 2009 at 3:22 PM
@jop. Maybe so, why have a poll that everyone can vote in then? dumb!
Report Permalinkmariah scarey
April 15, 2009 at 4:57 PM
@Ollie : Bzzt – wrong. Checkout Snopes for the story on that pen myth.
@jop : Serenity would have been a great name. Far better than Enterprise.
Report PermalinkMichael Gleeson
April 15, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Hey jop… if NASA didn’t want the community’s input, they should have not asked in the first place. This is what I find so hilarious about this – they turned the naming of this part of the space station into a public relations stunt, in order to get good publicity. After this huge about-face they’re only going to get bad publicity – way to backfire guys!
Report PermalinkPlus, let’s face it – you’re not the only one whose taxes pay for NASA to do what they do, jop – I don’t care if you work there or if you ‘paid attention’.
ChemZ
August 18, 2011 at 6:21 PM
NASA is a dyin’…
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