NASA Poll Closes with Firefly’s ‘Serenity’ The Clear Public Favorite
NASA’s poll to seek input from the public to help them name the International Space Station’s Node 3 has now closed.
Joss Whedon’s fan base has exerted itself to ensure that ‘Serenity‘ ended with a massively clear lead – 70% of all the votes cast.
Node 3 is a connecting module and cupola that once attached will allow astronauts a full panoramic view unrivalled by any spacecraft in history. They’ll be able to observe and photograph Earth like never before. The cupola will also contain a robotics workstation where astronauts will control the Space Stations robotic arm.
Space shuttle Endeavour will deliver the Node 3 components during the STS-130 mission targeted for February 2010.
NASA will announce the winning name in April 2009, although it would seem it’s a foregone conclusion…
All we need now is for them to change the name of the Space Sation to ‘Babylon 1′ and our task will be complete.
March 21st, 2009 at 11:25 am
Gotta love all those Joss Whedon fans using their fake accounts to outvote all the Colbert fans. That is, if Nasa didn’t fake the results as everyone predicted they would.
We should have named it “Bullwinkle”