Help name NASA Node 3

[Athas]

Second highest was probably Xenu.

[Dimmauk]

Second highest was probably Xenu.

WASHINGTON – 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."

[Zeb]

Wonder how many votes Node 4 got. For being rocket surgeons, they weren't very bright leaving the write-ins though.

[guartz]

additional pylon would have been funnier, to me at least.

[Kilorilo]

I guess the hurricane namers were to busy to handle this one ?

Doesn't look like NASA ever had a legit poll, cuz Im sure Colbert would've won that, and they'd of never done Xenu cuz Scientologists are insane.

[Olo401]

They mentioned on G4 the other night that NASA might consider naming the head Colbert..

[Davricle]

Wonder how many votes Node 4 got. For being rocket surgeons, they weren't very bright leaving the write-ins though.

How the hell would that work!? o.O