# The ''Colbert'' Room on the International Space Station **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 23, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-room-on-the-international-space-station/490524 "2009-03-23T23:15:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-room-on-the-international-space-station/490524/41 "2009-04-15T16:06:34Z")
Well, he didn’t get the Node Name, but he got [one better](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/15/colbert-treadmill-nasa-na_n_187081.html). Now, all astronauts will be working out on **COLBERT** : Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill. Sounds like a win-win all around! 🆒 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-room-on-the-international-space-station/490524/42 "2009-04-15T16:36:19Z")
> [@Casserole](#): > > Really? I had no clue that if NASA went ahead and chose a name they thought suitable, **THE TERRORISTS WOULD WIN**. > > While I’m at it, please name my child. I wouldn’t want the terrorists to win there too. I think you were being whooshed. I think \*\*Rigamarole \*\*was going for the politically-ironic Funny - and I thought did a pretty good job! \*\*AG \*\*- that is hilarious. I love how Colbert can make anything and everything about him, and yet I still like the guy behind that narcissitic humor… Can you imagine if Colbert took that narcissism test of Dr. Drew’s - there is a thread about that in IMHO, I think… ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-room-on-the-international-space-station/490524/43 "2009-04-15T16:55:20Z")
I do know some Firefly fans that were a bit peeved that Colbert’s joke took away form their Serenity campaign. Odesio ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-room-on-the-international-space-station/490524/44 "2009-04-15T17:12:45Z")
> [@Casserole](#): > > Really? I had no clue that if NASA went ahead and chose a name they thought suitable, **THE TERRORISTS WOULD WIN**. > > While I’m at it, please name my child. I wouldn’t want the terrorists to win there too. That might be an apt analogy is you held a contest to name your child, told the winner to GTFO, and then named it what you wanted in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-room-on-the-international-space-station/490524/45 "2009-04-15T18:10:24Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > I do know some Firefly fans that were a bit peeved that Colbert’s joke took away form their Serenity campaign. Did NASA ever release the numbers for the votes? It seems strange that Serenity got 70% of the vote from names NASA suggested, but they went with the number 8 write-in. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-room-on-the-international-space-station/490524/46 "2009-04-15T18:33:59Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Did NASA ever release the numbers for the votes? It seems strange that Serenity got 70% of the vote from names NASA suggested, but they went with the number 8 write-in. I’m gonna take a WAG here and say that since they turned down the top television-generated name, they decided to turn down all the names from TV and go in a different direction altogether. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-room-on-the-international-space-station/490524/47 "2009-04-15T19:39:49Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > If NASA rejects the name the people have chosen, it is a slap in the face of democracy. They may as well just name it Terrorism. They listened to the people and ignored everything they said. What could be more American? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-room-on-the-international-space-station/490524/48 "2009-04-15T23:10:22Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > I do know some Firefly fans that were a bit peeved that Colbert’s joke took away form their Serenity campaign. As Firefly fans, they should be well used to disappointment by now. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-room-on-the-international-space-station/490524.md?page=2)