This week , Stephen Colberthas finally gotten what he deserve : a piece of the International Space Station named after him . But it ’s not the module he had hoped for . It ’s a treadmill . And it ’s still in over a hundred pieces .
The treadmill ’s official name is the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill , but it ’s know to most as COLBERT . The twist was named for America ’s favorite bogus pundit after along , hard - fought conflict . And it all started with an online contest .
Earlier in the yr , NASA had an on-line vote to decide the name of their new space station module . Colbert ’s giant fan - base did their body of work , and Colbert took the top smudge . In an insult to the comic ( who considers jolly much anything an affront ) , NASA prefer to name the module Tranquility , in purity of the anniversary of landing on the Moon ’s Sea of Tranquility .
As a peace offer , NASA or else chose to name this treadmill after Stephen Colbert . They even commission one of theirsometimes wacky missionary post patchesfor the treadmill . Colbert seems proud of ; he said through his publicizer that he was happy his treadmill will “ help trim down those famously fat astronauts . ”
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Not yet , though . The treadmill was delivered this week , so it ’s in infinite and quick to be set up . But it wo n’t get set up until later this month . Right now it ’s in over a hundred piece . But it ’s there . And that means Colbert has connect social station with Richard Nixon , as his name will be on our outer space junk even after humanity has go on . Congrats , Mr. Colbert .
Comedian ’s Treadmill Installed at Space Station [ Discovery News ]
( Images from Nasa )
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