The comedian's supporters cast 230,539 write-in votes to name the new module at the $100-billion space outpost "Colbert." The top NASA-suggested name, "Serenity," finished a distant second, more than 40,000 votes behind.
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The joke is on NASA.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/090330/entertainment/centertainment_us_space_colbert
The joke is on NASA.