Astronauts plan to walk all over Colbert

[Cassidy Peterson]

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Staying fit in space is about to get easier now that astronauts on the International Space Station have finished building a new zero-gravity treadmill named after TV comedian Stephen Colbert.

Dubbed COLBERT after the host of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report," the new exercise treadmill is now awaiting a series of tests to make sure it's working correctly before astronauts can begin running on it.

Officially called the Combined Operational Load-Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (or COLBERT), the hardware got its name as a consolation prize for Mr. Colbert, who won an online NASA contest for the naming rights to a new space station module set to launch next (NASA opted to name the new module Tranquility instead).

So even despite not getting a space station named after him, Colbert's influence still manages to extend into space.

I think it's amazing how one man can gain such a following and develop such a presence, all over the world and now outside of it. He's had landmarks and endangered species named after him, and even after failing to attach his name to the station as a whole he's still there as part of the equipment.

So tell me, ED, what do you think of the influence one man can have on the world?

[Losonti Tokash]

i think stephen colbert is a harbringer of the apocalypse

in that he is jesus

[Vryko Lakas]

All just a clever plot to look up the lady astronauts' skirts.

[Captain Verd]

Losonti Tokash

i think stephen colbert is a harbringer of the apocalypse

in that he is jesus

I'm sold.

[Project 429]

Vryko Lakas

All just a clever plot to look up the lady astronauts' skirts.

You don't need a clever plot to look up skirts in zero gravity.

[lostwingman]

old news is old

But Colbert is deserving because of the amount of awesome and win in his existence

[marshmallowcreampie]

Ah, I have his book "I Am America (and so can you!)". It's pretty funny. Yeah, I am a bit amazed that he's had so much influence. Seriously, he's got a lot of things named after him. Before he dies, don't be surprised if there's a country named after him. rofl

[Vryko Lakas]

Project 429

Vryko Lakas

All just a clever plot to look up the lady astronauts' skirts.

You don't need a clever plot to look up skirts in zero gravity.

You do need a way to normalize "up," though. And this treadmill is it.

[Losonti Tokash]

Vryko Lakas

Project 429

Vryko Lakas

All just a clever plot to look up the lady astronauts' skirts.

You don't need a clever plot to look up skirts in zero gravity.

You do need a way to normalize "up," though. And this treadmill is it.

the enemy gate is down

oh snap

[Xeno Incognito]

I'm still a little said Gaia lost that contest. sweatdrop

[The Great Heat Miser]

I miss the Earth so much; I miss my wife.
It's so lonely in outer space.
On such a timeless flight.

[Cassidy Peterson]

Losonti Tokash

i think stephen colbert is a harbringer of the apocalypse

in that he is jesus

Excellent

Vryko Lakas

All just a clever plot to look up the lady astronauts' skirts.

Also excellent

marshmallowcreampie

Before he dies, don't be surprised if there's a country named after him. rofl

While I don't think he'll have his own country any time soon, I actually wouldn't be terribly surprised if he did wind up gracing some little island somewhere, eventually.

[The Willow Of Darkness]

Goram NASA. They really should have called that new module Serenity.

[Spiteful Malice]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaa

[Stygian Soleil]

I would argue that Colbert's real influence is actually very little, he's just managing to get his name on a lot of things by having a large fan base.