Colbert beat Serenity for naming rights to new ISS node by Stoweaway

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/23/colbert-gets-230539-votes-may-be-
used-for-space-station-room/15027

Hehe! I just made a post on the same subject too. LOL!

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Monday, March 23, 2009 12:22 PM

WHOZIT

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Monday, March 23, 2009 12:49 PM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

They said they weren't bound by any of the votes anyway, but if they name it Colbert all I have to say is "Frak NASA!"

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Monday, March 23, 2009 1:09 PM

MSA

they already said they want a name that compliments the other already named one ( tranquility etc) so no way it's named Colbert.... ( though it does make me want to slap him. ) No way Nasa pics it.. I am sure they will still go with Serenity

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Monday, March 23, 2009 1:42 PM

BIGGESTDAMNHERO

I'm surprised Serenity was Nasa's choice. Like to think that someone in Nasa is a browncoat, but probably not the case.

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."

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Monday, March 23, 2009 2:03 PM

I say frak Colbert.

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Monday, March 23, 2009 2:43 PM

STOWEAWAY

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Originally posted by rallem:
I say frak Colbert.

Ewwwww, gross. No thanks.

But have at it if you like.

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Monday, March 23, 2009 3:38 PM

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Originally posted by Stoweaway:
Quote:
Originally posted by rallem:
I say frak Colbert.

Ewwwww, gross. No thanks.

But have at it if you like.

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ROFL, not exactly what I meant but definately funny. Not that kind of funny though.

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Monday, March 23, 2009 3:44 PM

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Monday, March 23, 2009 4:26 PM

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Originally posted by biggestdamnhero:
I'm surprised Serenity was Nasa's choice. Like to think that someone in Nasa is a browncoat, but probably not the case.

Actually, it is the case. Steven Swanson, engineer and NASA astronaut took a copy of the Firefly DVDs up to the Space Station last year and is definately a big fan. So there's at least one guy at Nasa pushing for Serenity, though I'm sure there's even more since it was a listed choice.

While I highly doubt they'll go with Colbert, despite them beating us by 40,000 votes, I feel really bummed that we didnt' get together enough on this one to pull ahead.

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Monday, March 23, 2009 5:54 PM

SHADESIREN

My household boycotted Colbert (something that near broke my heart - he's very funny, but I can't respect him after I heard this). One of his flunkies totally dissed the makers of The Venture Brothers, when they asked if he'd br interested in doing another episode of the show. They were condescending and said of course he wasn't. I know he's not the one who wrote the message, but he never once, that I have heard, stepped up and apologized. I know they got someone else to do the voice of the character Colbert originally played, but wow, it seems SO awful that he'd let that happen! Worse, you'd think he'd remember the people that helped him before he was famous. That alone makes me ashamed of him.

I certainly hope they don't call it Colbert. I used to think he was great, but when you suddenly get so full of yourself, you can treat the people who helped you get there like dirt, you're the real scumbag.

Until he apologizes or at the very least, acknowledges this whole thing, he's on MY "List".

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Monday, March 23, 2009 6:14 PM

I don't have any doubts that NASA will make a tasteful choice for the name of Node 3, even if it isn't "Serenity". You don't find yourself in charge there without having some brains in your head.

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Monday, March 23, 2009 6:28 PM

VETERAN

Don't squat with your spurs on.

He won fair and square. Maybe we could get the Captain to shoot him the foot or something.

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Monday, March 23, 2009 6:58 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

"The name should reflect the spirit of exploration and cooperation embodied by the space station, and follow in the tradition set by Node 1- Unity- and Node 2- Harmony."

Serenity is therefore a perfect fit.

Colbert is a perfect punk-ass.

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Monday, March 23, 2009 11:55 PM

You know, thinking about it, for a show that's been off the air for years vs a show that is still currently broadcast, losing by only 40,000 votes is still pretty kick ass.

NASA still reserves the right to choose the name best suited to the theme, and I think Serenity fits that very well, but hopefully they'll still give a nod to Colbert - maybe they can name the waste containment module after him?

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 12:51 AM

JOSSISAGOD

Quote:
Originally posted by 2x2:
NASA still reserves the right to choose the name best suited to the theme, and I think Serenity fits that very well, but hopefully they'll still give a nod to Colbert - maybe they can name the waste containment module after him?

Node 3 IS the waste containment module. I know it sucks!

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:37 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:
they already said they want a name that compliments the other already named one ( tranquility etc) so no way it's named Colbert.... ( though it does make me want to slap him. ) No way Nasa pics it.. I am sure they will still go with Serenity

Agreed. I just can't see NASA naming it "Colbert" that is just lame and not in keeping with the other module names.

Come on NASA! Pick Serenity!

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 2:41 AM

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Originally posted by 2x2:
Quote:
Originally posted by biggestdamnhero:
I'm surprised Serenity was Nasa's choice. Like to think that someone in Nasa is a browncoat, but probably not the case.

Actually, it is the case. Steven Swanson, engineer and NASA astronaut took a copy of the Firefly DVDs up to the Space Station last year and is definately a big fan. So there's at least one guy at Nasa pushing for Serenity, though I'm sure there's even more since it was a listed choice.

While I highly doubt they'll go with Colbert, despite them beating us by 40,000 votes, I feel really bummed that we didnt' get together enough on this one to pull ahead.

you forgot to mention that there is a NASA Browncoat group of 300+ NASA employees, and one post here sometimes, screen name Maii. Steve Swanson lives in Colorado, where I live.

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 2:50 AM

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Originally posted by BiggestDamnHero: I'm surprised Serenity was Nasa's choice. Like to think that someone in Nasa is a browncoat, but probably not the case.

Apparently you haven't seen the thread about the browncoat astronaut ;) we *do* have someone on the inside, though he's probably not the only fan down in TX.

yeah, I agree with PR and MsA

Quote:
Originally posted by PhoenixRose: "The name should reflect the spirit of exploration and cooperation embodied by the space station, and follow in the tradition set by Node 1- Unity- and Node 2- Harmony."

Colbert just wouldn't fit, not to mention it would just sound lame ><;; *shrugs* i guess we'll see.

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:18 AM

Maybe they'll name it the Colbert Crapper. I will not watch the Colbert show ever again.

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:28 AM

HELL'S KITTEN

...anyone else find it funny that a bunch of Browncoats are whining and getting all emo over the fact that someone else was able to rally more "troops" to their cause, thereby significantly weighting the voting to their side? Especially considering the fact that we have dozens of spamily-delicious threads here telling people to do the exact same thing?

Ah, good humour.

At any rate, I imagine NASA will do the tasteful thing and choose one of their own suggestions.

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 4:12 AM

WASHNWEAR

Quote:
Originally posted by Hell's Kitten:
...anyone else find it funny that a bunch of Browncoats are whining and getting all emo over the fact that someone else was able to rally more "troops" to their cause, thereby significantly weighting the voting to their side? Especially considering the fact that we have dozens of spamily-delicious threads here telling people to do the exact same thing?

Ah, good humour.

At any rate, I imagine NASA will do the tasteful thing and choose one of their own suggestions.

As a matter of fact, I do find it funny.

But there's still a part of me that would like to give Colbert a Gibbs-y little dope-slap. Purely out of well-reasoned spite, of course (and mostly as payback for his so-called interviews...through which he rarely shuts up...and I realize the interview, per se, is not the point, but still...).

It was like that when we got here!

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 4:34 AM

BYTEMITE

Well, maybe if we don't get something on the space station, we can get a bonafide spaceship capsule! You know, the ones they'll be using for actual space exploration because they're moving away from shuttles?

Ain't Serenity Valley yet, y'know, could still get ourselves that air support after all. ;)

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 5:37 AM

JAKE7

There must have been a HUGE push for Colbert, because when I voted and checked the numbers (recently, within the last week), Serenity was ahead. It had 73% of the votes!

If it is a waste containment section, I'd rather they didn't use Serenity! (Though, in retrospect, it would be sort of funny...)

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 5:49 AM

CELLARDOOR

I think the huge push for Colbert was there all along. NASA's second mistake (after allowing write-ins) was not factoring the percentage of write-ins into the overall percentage. Serenity only had 70% of the votes for NASA-provided names. I think that's probably why Browncoats weren't as proactive--we had a false sense of security (especially for those who only visited the poll once and didn't think to add 2+2 together).

It's sad, I kinda don't want to watch his show anymore either (at least for a while). It's too distasteful after that voting mess, even though I considered myself a definite fan before all this arose.

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:29 AM

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at least one of the flight controllers is also a browncoat.

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:38 AM

I don't think being outvoted overall by Colbert's fans is reason to stop watching or being a fan of his show... Afterall, they only did what we as Browncoats have done many times before (and for which other fandoms have looked upon us with similar annoyance)...

Just because his fans got out and voted every day and ours didn't... well, that's not his fault.

That being said, I can't stand the guy so don't watch anyway; I think he's a bit of a dink (only not so much with the 'bit of a' if you get my drift)

It just seems a little ironic, is all

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 2:33 PM

in response to the peeps above about the node being a waste containment unit, that's only *part* of what it does. it's also like an observation deck (the cupola) from which the astronauts will be able to control the robotic arm, and it's also going to house most of the life support systems for the ISS. article says so :P that aint *so* bad

i still think "Colbert" is a lame name (gah, rhymes ><;;), i mean, it's not like he was pivotal in aviation, space exploration, science, or the world's history, which is usually why they would name something after a *person* he's just funny to some ppl (i don't really like him either, 2x2, he just irks me)

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 2:35 PM

CELLARDOOR

Oh, I know. :) I'm just annoyed at the present. I'm sure I'll be bored enough in the evening to go channel surfing and land on Comedy Central when his show is on. It just irks me, that's all. I'm not like... all-out boycotting him or something, just "not speaking to him" for a while.

It would take more than this to make me reverse watching something entirely!

I would beg to differ with your point about it not being his fault that his fans went out in droves and voted; it's entirely his doing, and he knew it. Hehe, that's the power of the Colbert Nation unleashed, after all!

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 2:40 PM

Oh no, no.. what I meant was it's not his fault that WE didn't vote enough to beat his fans... I know he's responsible for sending his fans out... but seriously, we could have done this. I can't believe that we didn't do this, really. Like some have said, I think the display that showed Serenity with 70+% was misleading for many fans, and so they didn't feel they needed to vote as often as they could have. But back in the day, I don't think there would have been any question at all, Browncoats would have demolished Colbert.

Anyway, yeah, I totally understand the annoyance! :D

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:21 PM

RIVERDANCER

It only let me vote once. I wanted to vote every day, but when I'd go back it showed the percentage and no vote option. I voted a few times from the various computers I could get access to, but that was all I could do.

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:49 PM

Okay everybody, let's all just chill for two seconds. I have a few points to make.

1. Colbert was a write-in joke like MyYearbook and the others. They would never get the name, they knew it, NASA knew it, it was a publicity game, like Colbert getting the votes to have the bridged named after him (He got the votes by a wide margin, but was never followed through on because it is ridiculous).

2. The name Serenity was put in, not because of Firefly, it had absolutely nothing to do with firefly. Our big fan in the sky may be a fan, but he had no say in the choices. Serenity happens to be a very beautiful word with beautiful meaning, and it happens to go swimmingly with words like Harmony and Tranquility, etc. Every time I hear people say "Oh gosh they must be fans of firefly because..." It makes me think of someone saying Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles borrows heavily from CS Lewis because it has the word Chronicles in it, just like Chronicles of Narnia. Look, there are fans everywhere, but to think Serenity was a nod to us as if Joss were the first person to associate that word with space is hubris at best, delusional at worst. But they know who we are now. They know it for sure now.

3. Though we and Joss had nothing to do with the choice of name options, they know what it means to us now and will see that it is the right choice. But we need to tone down the Hubris, and stop thinking NASA is endorsing Firefly. The fantasy of thinking so is cute, and as a huge fanatic, it is seductive but please, let's not take all this personally.

4. Colbert nation is just that, a Nation. Even with all the votes they got, that was a tiny fraction of their population actually voting. Even still, chillaxe people, we won. We won with authority. The only names with ANY hope of winning were the four choices, because what none of you seem to realize is that they would have whittled down their choices to those four, and we DOMINATED. Those four literally represent the only names they are prepared to follow through with. The write-in was just to see what themed name they may have missed or that might be better, not what would be a popular name. Colbert being a popular vote is cute. Nothing more. They wasted their effort and missed the point. The point wasn't to vote for ANY name, or to find the most POPULAR name, it was to see if there were BETTER names than the choices. The top 8 of the top 10 write-ins were laughable.

5. I apologize if I have offended or annoyed anyone with my admonishing tone. But seriously, stop getting "krunk" over this. We have won. NASA may not have intended it, but we have won. We beat Star Trek. I say that because everyone knows that the first fully modified shuttle designed for deep space manned flight (to mars for example)will be named after that Trek flagship, the Enterprise. But for a generation or two first, we will be shinning overhead, serenity looking down at those cute little Trekkies in their Klingon costumes. baQa' bitches! lol.

We should be celebrating.

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 8:56 PM

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Hello,

While it would not be my preference to have a space station segment named Colbert, it dismays me that they may choose another option.

You see, there is little sense in having a vote if the vote will not matter. NASA can do what it likes, but I shake my head every time I see a meaningless voting process.

My wife likes to watch Hell's Kitchen. Chef Ramsey (sp?) who runs the show frequently asks the participants to nominate one of their own for elimination... and then completely ignores their nominations in favor of his own choice.

It's his show, and his perogative, but it rubs me the wrong way. Why bother to have them vote?

Anyhow, that's my feeling on the subject. If the write in was not going to be used, it shouldn't have been allowed.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:48 AM

I'm still not watching any Colbert shows.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 1:25 AM

@ RiverDancer

Yeah, I heard quite a few people had that problem - I had the same thing happen on my laptop, except if I switched from Explorer to Firefox or Chrome, I was able to vote... Someone said it had something to do with needing a Java update, but I know nothing of such things...

Who knows how many daily votes we may have lost due to that, eh?

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:42 AM

Ant: I think a lot of times the purpose of a vote contest serves partially to narrow down their choices if they can't come to a consensus in-house, and also to see what most people think would fit best. The only reason Colbert was even on the list was because he asked his fans to put in the vote (and it might have even been in jest), and he was the only talk show host to even do that, which to me just says "you're an ass" and I don't think the boys down in Texas were anticipating any suggestions that were beyond reasonable (I'm sorry, but I really don't think names like "MyYearbook" and "Colbert" are reasonable). The reason NASA put out the names they did in the first place was because they had narrowed it down to those few, and probably just couldn't decide between them because they all fit (or they just felt like having fun and getting other people's opinions, i don't know). No where did they say (at least I didn't see it anywhere) that the results of the vote would be final, they just said "we'll take whichever names score the greatest percentage and choose from them," which I think is perfectly acceptible. They didn't say they were taking Colbert out of the running, they just said 'oops, it scored more than we thought it did' and added his name to the list of considerations.

If I went off on a tangent I'm sorry :P lol, let me know if i completely departed from the discussion, I'll try to explain better.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 5:18 AM

Hmm. Maybe we should encourage NASA to name Node 3 after Colbert:

Quote:
Among the hi-tech equipment due to occupy the extra room aboard the 10-year-old space station is a unit that will convert astronauts' urine into drinking water.

(From this site: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/mar/24/stephen-colbert-name-nas
a-contest.)

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 5:40 AM

*among* the equipment, not the *only* equipment :P why is everyone focusing on that *one* part? @_@ notice how they termed it a "living room" in the same article?
and http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/name_ISS/index.html gives a list of the other purposes this node and its cupola will have.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 5:51 AM

Because that equipment is what makes Colbert's zeal for the naming just so ironic!

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 6:49 AM

HELL'S KITTEN

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Originally posted by Fiddler:
Okay everybody, let's all just chill for two seconds. I have a few points to make.

Whoooo-boy, thanks for the lecture.

Didn't notice too many people becoming "unchilled," but that's just my perspective.
You made some very nice points. Just like the others who've said pretty much the same thing. But it gives us something to talk about, no? ANYway....

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We beat Star Trek. I say that because everyone knows that the first fully modified shuttle designed for deep space manned flight (to mars for example)will be named after that Trek flagship, the Enterprise. But for a generation or two first, we will be shinning overhead,...

Uh-huh. Sure, sure. I mean, if you completely discount the dozens of vessels already named Enterprise over the past 200 years (including a NASA space shuttle and the inaugural space vessel from Virgin)....

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:22 AM

Those space crafts were trinkets. The space station is the first attempt to truly live in space, and I'm talking about the important space flights like manned deep space flights. This is the International Space Station. Mankind's joint foray into colonizing space, not a vanity mission. And if you missed it, it was sarcasm, aimed at the point I made about the name serenity having nothing to do with Firefly. The name Enterprise is a hallowed name used many times in history before being chosen as a meaningful name for Star Trek. I was being ironic by admonishing for making those links and then making them myself... and the guy sitting next to me at the time was watching Star Trek TNG on his laptop. He got a kick out of it.

But I shall take your point and say touche my friend.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:21 PM

HELL'S KITTEN

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Originally posted by Fiddler:
Those space crafts were trinkets.

Trinkets? Trinkets?!?
Oooooh, you FIEND! You're just itchin' for a fight, aren't ya??

^ (kidding, you know)

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Mankind's joint foray into colonizing space, not a vanity mission. And if you missed it, it was sarcasm,

Nerp. Didn't miss it at all.
Just having fun with ya.

<---(see? clear indicator of fun-having. or. something like that. is there a clearer "fun-having" emoticon? hmmmmmm)

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The name Enterprise is a hallowed name used many times in history before being chosen as a meaningful name for Star Trek.

Seriously? Okay, now you're either kidding or just insane. Clearly... CLEARLY... the Enterprise of the future went back in time by flinging themselves around a ginormous sun in order to affect our past and plant the name of their ship in our collective consciousnesses and histories. Come on... you KNOW it's true.... And if the Aught-Three mid-bulk transports could have handled that sort of flingy-gravitational-stressy stuff, they would have done the same and we'd all be sailing in the Goodyear Serenity now. But they didn't. Cuz they're not as awesome as Star Trek. Clearly.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 1:28 PM

hmmm... You make a valid point. I forgot about time travel. Damnable federation.

... I honestly have no comeback... I'm quite shocked actually. I really have no smart remark to make. Do I have a fever?

... umm... well... your... your face is not as awesome as Star Trek, clearly. (that was weak... real weak

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 2:47 PM

Maybe NASA will name node three Jupiter 2 just to spite everyone.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 4:57 PM