( CNN ) -- Comedian and TV host Stephen Colbert has warned NASA to name a new wing of the international space station after him or he would `` seize power as space 's evil tyrant overlord . '' Stephen Colbert threatened NASA that he might become `` space 's evil tyrant overlord . '' A NASA spokesman said the U.S. space agency is aware of Colbert 's threat , issued Monday night on Comedy Central 's `` Colbert Report , '' but no decision will be made on the node 's name until next week . Colbert topped NASA 's online poll soliciting names for the wing , with 230,539 of the more than 1.1 million votes cast , according to NASA spokesman John Yembrick . The runner-up was Serenity , which Colbert said is not an appropriate name . `` That 's not a space station , '' Colbert said . `` That 's an adult diaper . '' Serenity was the name of a spaceship in the television series `` Firefly , '' which spawned a 2005 movie . The contest rules spelled out that NASA reserves the right to `` ultimately select a name in accordance with the best interests of the agency . ... Such name may not necessarily be one which is on the list of voted-on candidate names . '' NASA 's hedging prompted a Pennsylvania congressman to urge the agency to name the node after the comedian . `` The people have spoken , and Stephen Colbert won it fair and square , even if his campaign was a bit over the top , '' Rep. Chaka Fattah said . Fattah sits on the congressional committee that oversees NASA 's funding . `` NASA , I urge you to heed Congressman Fattah 's call for democracy in orbit , '' Colbert said . `` Either name that node after me , or I , too , will reject democracy and seize power as space 's evil tyrant overlord . '' NASA 's Yembrick said he watched Colbert 's show Monday , but he would not directly respond to his `` evil tyrant overlord '' threat . `` We think it 's great that he and his audience are taking an interest , '' Yembrick said . Several media outlets have reported that NASA is working on a compromise in which it would slap the droll Colbert 's name on a piece of `` mission essential '' equipment in the new wing : the toilet . Colbert 's loyal fans , lovingly called the Colbert Nation , have in the past bombarded polls to have things named after their idol . Thanks to them , the comedian out-polled every other name in a bridge-naming contest in Hungary . The country 's government later said it can not name the bridge after him because he does not speak Hungarian and is not deceased . Colbert also tried to get himself on Democratic and Republican primary ballots in his home state of South Carolina in 2007 . The Democratic Party 's executive council voted against his inclusion , and he did not qualify for the Republican primary because he missed the deadline . But ice-cream maker Ben and Jerry named a flavor in honor of him , Colbert 's AmeriCone Dream . And Virgin America named one of its planes Air Colbert .
TV host 's name topped poll seeking new name for space shuttle wing . NASA says no decision will be made until next year . Pennsylvania legislature has thrown backing behind Colbert . Some media outlets say NASA has put Colbert 's name on toilet .