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Colbert gets his liftoff

After receiving the most votes at NASA’s website, actor Stephen Colbert won the contest to put his last name on the next ISS module to launch into space.  After deeming the situation inappropriate, NASA decided to name the module “Tranquility” and gave Colbert a consolation prize.  After all, he did give the International Space Station a boost in popularity on his show “The Colbert Report.”  His prize?  NASA came up with this acronym: C.O.L.B.E.R.T. is the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill.  Better than nothing, I guess.  Check out his response video above.

[Via Gizmodo]