You heard it well . Colbert is launching tomorrow at 1:36am EDT onboard the space birdie Discovery , lead to the International Space Station . The commission objective , according to him : “ Help slim down all those embonpoint astronauts . ” In his own words :
Now , this is Steven Colbert order : I ’m go to launch me !
“ Me ” mean the “ Colbert”—or C.O.L.B.E.R.T.—the Combined Operational Load yield External Resistance Treadmill . That ’s the Modern name for this musical composition of hardware , cognise during its evolution as T2 , the second variant of the ISS tread-wheel
The smartypanties at NASA had to come with the acronym as a thank you — and consolation pillage — for Stephen Colbert , who give a major popularity boost to the International Space Station after participating in a contest to name the next ISS module . He actuallywon the competition , but NASA decided not to use it think it was inappropriate . At the death , NASA pick out Tranquility in honour of theApollo 11 ’s landing web site . [ NASA ]
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