It will probably not end well for the social media savvy Stephen Colbert, whose dedicated fan base was able to trounce the four "official" names that NASA provided. NASA has all but confirmed that the node will be named Serenity, which was the top vote getter amongst the NASA-sanction entries.

However, rumor is Colbert might still get his wish, sort of, as Comedy Central is pimping the Colbert Report NASA appearance as evidence of the fact that the stuffy government space agency is going to bestow a named toilet on cable's most outspoken fake news commentator. [io9]

Unsurprisingly, Colbert sent legions from the Colbert Nation to the poll to write in "Colbert," and now it's beating Serenity by more than 15,000 votes. If you have serious issues with part of the space station being named after a Comedy Central personality, by all means go and vote for Serenity. Alternately, if you think it's hilarious that a part of the ISS could be named Colbert, go ahead and vote accordingly.

Although it isn't clear whether or not NASA will indeed follow the will of the people if Colbert wins, as there's a clause in the voting rules that states that the results "are not binding on NASA and NASA reserves the right to ultimately select a name." We'll see what happens! [AP]

As of right now, "Serenity" is dominating an open vote for Node 3's new name. This ship from Joss Whedon's short-lived show Firefly has 82% of the total vote, with second place going to Earthrise (with 7% of the vote).

What can we say to such adolescent nomenclature?

This. Is. Awesome.

Voting will be open until March 20th, so let's vote early and often to seal the deal for Serentiy. And don't worry Star Wars fans, we'll have your back for whenever SDI is up and running. [NASA via Discover]

Here's the whole feature list:

* Alliance Database
* U Control: Mr. Universe Compendium
* U Control: Digital Tour of Serenity
* U Control: Picture in Picture
* U Control: Visual Commentary with Writer/Director Joss Whedon & Cast
* BD Live: My Scenes Sharing
* Feature Commentery with Writer / Director Joss Whedon
* Feature Commentary with Writer / Director Joss Whedon & Cast Members Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau and Ron Glass
* Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Director Joss Whedon
* Future History - The Story of Earth That Was
* What's In A Firefly
* Re-Lighting The Firefly
* A Filmmaker's Journey
* We'll Have A Fruity Oaty Good Time!
* Extended Scenes
* Take A Walk On Serenity
* The Green Clan
* Session 416

Now if Universal will just bless with The Big Lebowski on Blu-ray, I can die happy. [The HD Room - Thanks Chris!]

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