This is an ex-torch!

The Winter Olympic torch has taken off in a rocket to go to the International Space Station, where it is due to be taken outside the station for a space walk.  But it won't be lit - doesn't this sort of negate the whole idea of the torch - a torch (in its original definition) is a torch because it burns, surely?  The original flame will remain lit here on earth apparently, but what will go walkies up there will simply be a dead token.  As witnessed by the title, I am reminded of the Monty Python parrot sketch.