This prop will pay POP$100 if the ISS Node 3 is named Serenity by April 30th, 2009.
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Just went and voted for the name.
Serenity currently has 86% of the vote.
from Kalamazoo, MI
Station: "Uhh shuttle? Is the Colbert expansion ready for installation?"
Uh oh?
On my way home from the bank, I heard on the local news (1150 WTMJ) that NASA decided on the name for the 3rd node, and they said it was Serenity.
Now I found out that it's not true... WTF?
I guess you can't believe anything anymore... not even the news!
from New York, New York
Yep, it looks like Colbert won the vote (he already has a bridge and a town named after him through this same method)! But NASA may or may not find the name "suitable". We're gonna have to wait and see.
www.huliq.com/4299/78827/comedian-stephen-colbert-wins-space-station-vote
from Newport News, VA
I guess I don't understand. Website vote was overwhelming in favor of serenity. Why isn't this prop closed?
Colbert dusted Serenity with the write-in option.
The prop isn't about who or what wins the vote - it's about what NASA actually chooses to name the node.
announced on colbert last nite, going to be called tranquility
I don't understand why NASA even bothered to have a vote if they didn't use any of the top voted names.