New Space Station to be named after Colbert

Big, big news from NASA today! This should be a lesson to never, ever allow write in submissions from the internet. Basically, the story goes that NASA suggested a few names for their new Space Station and allowed the public to vote on whichever one they liked best. Unfortunately, one of the rocket scientists (in this case, they really are rocket scientists!) decided to allow a write in vote. Well, once Colbert Nation got wind of this, it was really all over. Some overseer at NASA did have the foresight to reserve the final naming rights to their own decision making, but also hedged by saying whichever choice got the most votes would end up being heavily favored. I assume he was talking about the NASA suggested options. It's unlikely that we'll see a Colbert Space Station -- Richard Branson is FAR more likely -- but we can still dream!

Colbert Space Station