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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday January 26 2020, @01:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the Trekkies dept.

CNet:

Someone working for the US Space Force must be a Trekkie. Star Trek fans say a new logo is a direct ripoff of Star Trek's Starfleet Command logo.

President Donald Trump revealed the new logo for the Space Force on Friday via Twitter.

[...]As soon as it was posted, eagle-eyed Star Trek fans responded, pointing out the logo's similarities to the Starfleet Command logo. The arrow, the swirl around the arrow, the star background and text placement are almost identical.

Cultural references and inspirations are only allowed for the right people?

Previously:
Space Force Offers First Peek at Camouflage Uniform
U.S. Space Force is Official


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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by Arik on Sunday January 26 2020, @05:23AM (3 children)

    by Arik (4543) on Sunday January 26 2020, @05:23AM (#948770) Journal
    I had the same thought, they certainly look familiar. I'm sadly out of practice at constellation spotting myself and was hoping someone else would educate us, but I'll share what I think I might see.

    The 10 stars to the left side look like they could be Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, and Polaris, only the last depicted with rays. The north polar constellation, with the northernmost star placed the furthest *down* rather than up.

    If that's correct, then it seems logical that the right side might depict the south polar constellation, Crux. There are *two* stars here with rays, and if I flip it upside down and compare it with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crux#/media/File:Crux_IAU.svg it looks like they might be Alpha and Gamma Crucis.

    And that's roughly the sort of bombastic imagery we would expect - the northern and southern pole stars encompassing this idea of "global dominance." But why mark Gamma Crucis? I have no idea, and while there might be some meaning to it I wouldn't bet on it. Perhaps it was just artistic license. If I'm reading the constellations right here, there's clearly a lot of artistic license in the selection and placement of the stars - Ursa Major doesn't actually line up with Polaris in the way depcted for example.

    And quite possibly I'm completely wrong, I mentioned being very very rusty at this right?
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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Coward, Anonymous on Sunday January 26 2020, @05:59AM

    by Coward, Anonymous (7017) on Sunday January 26 2020, @05:59AM (#948773) Journal

    Thanks for the effort. It's further than I got. I wouldn't blame them if they don't want to mix politics and astrology.

  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 26 2020, @05:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 26 2020, @05:42PM (#948925)

    Sorry no, the stars came from here: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_(azienda)#/media/File:Subaru_logo-1-.svg [wikipedia.org]

  • (Score: 2) by EvilSS on Sunday January 26 2020, @06:06PM

    by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Sunday January 26 2020, @06:06PM (#948938)
    Actually if you look closely, they are taken from the first NASA logo.