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Space Frontier Foundation Is In Need of a Research Assistant

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
April 8, 2009

Space Frontier Foundation Urges NASA to Respect Popular Vote on New Name for Space Station Waste Recycling Module
“The Space Frontier Foundation urged NASA to respect the results of a nationwide contest to name a new waste re-cycling module for the International Space Station (ISS). The Foundation proposed using either the first or second place winners of the contest: “The Colbert” (for the popular comedian) or “Serenity” (for the popular sci-fi television and film) as the official name for the module, whose purpose is to re-cycle human waste products and is the first of its kind to be flown in space.”
Editor’s note: Someone at SFF needs to do a little research before they put these things out. The module’s “purpose” is NOT to recycle human waste – only one rack inside Node 3 does that. There are all other sorts of things there as well – life support, robotics, etc. The description of the node is obvious on the NASA page for the naming activity. Its like saying that your home exists to house a toilet because it has one.

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