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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?
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Star Trek Fans are Not Pleased about the New US Space Force Logo
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by EvilSS on Sunday January 26 2020, @06:04PM
Actually the flying delta dates back to WWII Army Air Corps and has been used on USAF emblems and insignias ever since. USAF doesn't usually allow real aircraft to be used on insignias so they use the delta. The comet swoop and constellations (take a close look, the two on the space force patch are a direct match) are from the original NASA logo. Both pre-date TOS. Also a certain Star Trek creator was a US Army Air Corp pilot in WWII and a NASA space flight fan...