Colbert Name To Be Used By NASA

Nasa Space Stephen Colbert won't get room named after him on Space Station but he'll still have a presence there.
by Associated Press
Published: Wed, April 15, 2009 - 5:12 am CST Last Updated: Wed, April 15, 2009 - 5:16 am CST
NEW YORK (AP) - It's one small step for NASA but one non-stop jog for Stephen Colbert.

The television satirist hosts "The Colbert Report on Comedy Central. And when the space agency recently held a contest to name
a room aboard the international space station, the name Colbert won as a write-in vote over such NASA suggestions as Serenity, Legacy
and Earthrise.

On Colbert's show Tuesday night, astronaut Sunita Williams announced that NASA won't be naming a room after him but instead
will name a treadmill in his honor. Since NASA loves acronyms, the device will officially be known as the Combined Operational Load
Bearing External Resistance Treadmill, in short, COLBERT.
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