If You Can’t Be an Athlete…Be An Athletic Supporter

November 5, 2009

Stephen Colbert, television host and political satirist, has been working really hard to make a name for himself.   In October of 2007, he (unsuccessfully) tried to become a presidential candidate.  Earlier this year he called upon his fans, known as the Colbert Nation, to write him in as the name for the newest wing on the International Space Station.  They came through for him and he was the leading vote getter.  Ultimately NASA did not name it after him but did name a treadmill in his honor.  In his latest bid for immortality, he has stepped in to be the primary sponsor of the U.S. Olympic Speedskating team in the 2010 Winter Games. click here for limerick

National Agency of So Amusing (NASA)

April 20, 2009

NASA recently launched an opportunity for people to vote on the name for a new International Space Station module.  The agency provided a few options and then a blank where voters could submit their own suggestion, though NASA would make the final decision.  Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert encouraged fans to submit his name and NASA announced “Colbert” was the top vote receiver.   Last week astronaut Sunita Williams appeared on Colbert Nation and announced the new module would be named “Tranquility” in honor of the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon’s Sea of Tranquility.  Williams then surprised fans by stating that the space station will include a Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (acronym COLBERT).  click here for limerick

 

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