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Update: NASA decided to name the new node on the ISS "Tranquility," which is a little bit odd as it came in eighth in NASA's poll. As The Register, a British website, noted:
Tranquility wasn't the second most popular vote behind Colbert, or even the fourth. The chosen name was in fact a distant eighth in the list of public write-ins, begging the questions: what was the point of the poll anyway?
(The name "Serenity" came in second.)
As for Stephen Colbert's bid to have his name used for the node:
"We don't typically name US space station hardware after living people and this is no exception," said Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA's associate administrator for space operations.
However, NASA has shown it has a sense of humor by naming a new treadmill for the ISS "COLBERT," for "Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill." There's even a new patch for the treadmill:
NASA has invited Stephen to try out the treadmill for himself and to attend the launch when "COLBERT" goes into space aboard Endeavour in February 2010. Apparently Stephen is OK with the idea:
"I think a treadmill is better than a node, you know why? Because the node is just a box for the treadmill. Nobody says 'Hey, my mom bought me a Nike box.' They want the shoes that are inside."
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