Comments on: Name a piece of the space station

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:22:36 +0000

Anybody else thinks it looks like it says “scrunty”?

By: ISS Node 3: Colbert clause | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

ISS Node 3: Colbert clause | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:03:49 +0000

[...] As you may recall, NASA opened up a contest to name Node 3, a connecting module to be put on the International Space Station next February. The name "Serenity" (awesome!) was doing very well, and then my arch-enemy Stephen Colbert started asking his Nation to send in votes. [...]

By: StevoR

StevoR — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:58:09 +0000

Great news! Thanks Mchl

I hope NASA does abide by the majority’s wishes & use the name ‘Serenity’ for the Module – shiny!

By: Mchl

Mchl — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:08:08 +0000

So the Serenity wins with 70% over Legacy 13%, Earthrise 9% and Venture 8%. Of publicly suggested names, Colbert comes as first, followed by MyYearBook and Gaia on third. Tom Cruise’s charisma was not enough to push Xenu into first three.
NASA will announce the name chosen in April (as per contest rules, they’re not bound to use the winning name… or to use any of the proposed names actually… I hear certain astronomer wants the module to be named after an asteroid named after him).

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:14:19 +0000

C’mon Phil!!! Muster your troops!!! Only a couple more days to put Serenity over the top.

Come on people. Vote for Serenity every day until the end. Do it from every computer you own. Phone a friend. Or two.

By: Todd W.

Todd W. — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:16:50 +0000

There was a little news tidbit today that Colbert had significantly more votes than any other name. Serenity is second.

By: art vanderleigh

art vanderleigh — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:29:24 +0000

damn you, Colbert, damn youuuuuuuuuu!