Comments on: Briefly noted http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/03/25/briefly-noted/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=briefly-noted Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Space Politics » Maybe he is serious http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/03/25/briefly-noted/#comment-213748 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:09:55 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2130#comment-213748 […] Node 3 of the ISS after comedian Stephen Colbert won an online poll run by the space agency—attracted the attention of Rep. Chaka Fattah, who argued that NASA should bend to the will of the people (or, at least, the voters) and name the […]

]]> By: Norm Hartnett http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/03/25/briefly-noted/#comment-211707 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:27:22 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2130#comment-211707 I strongly favor naming the ECLSS (the full unit not just the commode) a Colbert.

1) Honors the will of the people.
2) Shows NASA with a more human (and humorous) side.
3) Retains the option of some dignity for the node name.

Frankly it would be a massive PR coup and therefore I doubt that NASA and PAO will to it.

]]> By: Vladislaw http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/03/25/briefly-noted/#comment-211666 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:57:02 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2130#comment-211666 if ANYTHING on the ISS gets named after Colbert you know he will run with it, from the node to the commode he will make hay. Publicity for NASA is the bottom line and he does deliver that.

]]> By: Terence Clark http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/03/25/briefly-noted/#comment-211479 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:27:12 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2130#comment-211479 I do worry about the implications of it as this is supposed to be a neutral spacecraft and introducing the name of a comic whose act is essentially to mock conservative tv hosts may taint that atmosphere. I’m not a conservative myself, but I can see how this can be a show of favoritism. I think the option I saw yesterday of naming the new toilet after him was a good one. It maintains the comic spirit while offering an answer to demands. And I doubt that it will be taken as anything other than feigned insult by Colbert or his fans who, as a general rule for those who watch comedy central, would probably get the joke.

Terence

]]> By: Chance http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/03/25/briefly-noted/#comment-211474 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:14:08 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2130#comment-211474 What’s wrong with naming a station part after a comic? They named the first shuttle “Enterprise”. (Yes, I know it was supposedly NOT named after the Star Trek starship, but we all know the truth.)

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