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NJGeek Donating Member (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:22 PM
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Great days in space history, 7/20/1969, 8/31/2009
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From http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090831/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle_57


NASA's brand new $5 million treadmill — officially called the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill, or COLBERT for short — is in pieces and will need to be assembled after Discovery leaves.
The TV comedian ended up with an exercise machine named in his honor after he won an online vote for christening rights to a space station room. Unwilling to go with Colbert for the yet-to-be-launched room, NASA opted for Tranquility to commemorate the Apollo 11 moon landing 40 years ago this summer. The treadmill was a consolation prize.


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Steven has infiltrated NASA. The wignuts worst nightmares are coming true!
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comtec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-01-09 04:33 AM
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1. You forget... they actually see HIM as one of THEM
And boo for not accepting his name for the module!
but I'm glad they did SOMETHING!
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