Naming New Node

So NASA asked the public to name the next node to be connected to the International Space Station, a module housing life support systems that will also serve as a control tower for the giant robotic arm -- complete with an elaborate six-windowed observation deck.


Node 1 is Unity, Node 2 is Harmony, and NASA’s first suggestions for Node 3 were Earthrise, Legacy, Serenity or Venture. You have until March 20th to vote or submit your own idea.

Write-ins include: Synergy, Vision, Tranquility, Vista, Horizon, Hope, Eternity, Peace, Trinity, and – predictably – Enterprise. What? No Shatnerville?? Vote and see scores at NameNode3.

The winning title will be revealed on April 28, and Node 3 is scheduled to launch in December 2009, thereafter attached to the ISS by Space Shuttle Endeavor.

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Name the NASA Module After Stephen

Poindexters?!?! He's amusing, but I'm not feeling particularly compelled to vote his ticket. Well, okay that's not entirely true. I may write letters to Forté and Tazo, encouraging them to consider the peaceful tea names :)