Where's Battletoad?!

NASA's Poll for what to name their new satellite is ongoing. The leading choice? Serenity, likely because of the Joss Whedon created "Firefly" show, where the ship is named Serenity.

You're thinking that I'm going to talk about how this is a big deal because it shows how popular media can influence things. Well, not exactly (though Serenity had like 90% of the vote when I checked / voted).

Rather, I shall bring into question whether the scam was rigged. There is a movement online to rename the ship "Battletoad," and given where I saw it, (Reddit and Digg, both upvoted in the thousands, with hundreds of replies), you'd expect Battletoad to at least get into the top 5 write in choices (I find it hard to believe that "Vista" was that popular a choice). Especially when the percentages of votes did not change for days on end.

NASA, I'm calling you out on this one - don't offer up a poll unless you expect it to be subverted. Either that, or name it Battletoad, which totally got my vote.