Will NASA Go Through With Stephen Colbert’s Space Station Naming Win?

Roberta @ Gone Hollywood | Monday, April 6, 2009

NASA ran a poll on what they should name the new space station node. Among the choices were “Serenity“, “Earthrise“, “Legacy“, and “Venture“. Along with those choices, there was a write-in section, dedicated to allowing fans to enter in the name of their choosing.

Stephen Colbert, the ever-present comedian that he is, made it known to his viewing audience that he wanted that node named after him. And why not? He’s already gotten a spider species, a bald eagle, the Saginaw Spirit named its co-mascot Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle in his honor, along with having his own Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor, “Americone Dream”.

NASA officials say that they have the last word in the naming of the space station node and may opt to just name its toilet after Colbert. Maybe the Colbert Crapper?

Colbert said in a recent “Colbert Report” taping, “Now for laymen out there, a space node is a node-like structure that is attached to other nodes in space in a … I don’t know what it is, but I want it!”

Of course, it wouldn’t be the first time that Stephen has won something and not have it awarded. He won the Hungarian Bridge naming contest and was presented with a declaration winning, yet Hungarian officials named the bridge “Megyeri Bridge”.

Here’s the CNN News report of Colbert’s win: