Colbert Report wins space station naming contest

[namdoogwerdna]

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Oops: Colbert wins NASA space station name contest


WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA's online contest to name a new room at the international space station went awry. Comedian Stephen Colbert won.

The name "Colbert" beat out NASA's four suggested options in the space agency's effort to have the public help name the addition. The new room will be launched later this year.

NASA's mistake was allowing write-ins. Colbert urged viewers of his Comedy Central show, "The Colbert Report," to write in his name. And they complied, with 230,539 votes. That clobbered Serenity, one of the NASA choices, by more than 40,000 votes. Nearly 1.2 million votes were cast by the time the contest ended Friday.

NASA reserves the right to choose an appropriate name. Agency spokesman John Yembrick said NASA will decide in April, but will give top vote-getters "the most consideration."

[jjm4life]

sheep

[namdoogwerdna]

I bet you voted

don't lie to me

[The Captain]

There's no way they'll end up naming it after him.

It's like when Rick Astley's song got voted for the Met's theme song. They basically ignored it.

[wonner]

I voted Colbert.

[BlackBulletTSi]

thats awesome and Nasa better not be gay about it. That man will have some hard core braggin rights to haha

[c0nfl1kt]

Yeah, they won't name it after Colbert. That's like saying that m00t will be in the Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2008 because he is winning by more than half a million votes but has had no influence in life at all, just the interbutts.

[jjm4life]

captain this is for you-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0