International Space Station Room Named After Stephen Colbert

When Stephen Colbert discovered that NASA was using an online poll to allow people to vote for names of rooms in the International Space Station, he ordered his Colbert Nation followers to go out and vote for him.

When the voting was completed last week the room still known as Node 3, was voted to be named Colbert, which beat out the number 2 name of Serenity by more than 40,000 votes. Colbert got a total of 230,539 votes.

NASA hasn’t given Node 3 the new name yet, since they have reserved the right to give the room a name they believe is fitting.

Seems like NASA doesn’t trust the public to come up with a good name, even though they’re paying for it through taxes. On the flip side, naming the room Colbert is like free advertising, so unless Colbert wants to make a donation, the room ought to go to the number 2 name of Serenity in our opinion.

If the room has a window, we like the name, rather the phrase, Eye of God much more.