# Name The Space Station! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 2, 2000, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-space-station/39425 "2000-11-02T19:15:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lesa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/34f0e0/32.png) [@lesa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lesa)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2000, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-space-station/39425/21 "2000-11-04T08:35:30Z")
Ah, Saint Zero, you remind me of the wonderful thing they said on SNL recently. “According to NASA the new space station will be the largest, most expensive, and most sophisticated piece of exquipment they have ever lost.” ---
**Author:** ![MattTheCroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MattTheCroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattTheCroc)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2000, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-space-station/39425/22 "2000-11-04T09:12:49Z")
Wasn’t the Earth orbiting station in **Aliens** called Gateway? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2000, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-space-station/39425/23 "2000-11-04T15:42:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lesa \* > \*\*Ah, Saint Zero, you remind me of the wonderful thing they said on SNL recently. “According to NASA the new space station will be the largest, most expensive, and most sophisticated piece of exquipment they have ever lost.” > \*\* In that vein, how about we appease our Star Wars fans and call **The Death Star**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-space-station/39425.md?page=1)