Ok so it isn’t the Node 3 module like it was supposed to be based on the voting results but I didn’t think that would really happen. It probably should have since the voters were supposed to decide, democracy and all that …
I think they made a decent compromise and if you watched the show, which I did online (link below), this is probably cooler overall.
From NASA:
“We don’t typically name U.S. space station hardware after living people and this is no exception,” Gerstenmaier joked. “However, NASA is naming its new space station treadmill the ‘Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill,’ or COLBERT.
He even got a cool logo out of the deal:
To read the full press release:
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/name_ISS/colbert_text.html
To see the Episode:
http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=224610
