Thursday, July 23, 2020

US Space Force explains why its logo isn’t a Star Trek ripoff

An official logo and proverb for the Affiliated States Space Force have been revealed, henceforth the hype of its official seal inadvertently in January, and flag in May. The organization's proverb is "Semper Supra," which is Latin for "Always Above," while the logo itself is based circa a delta show that's been the focus of some play-on thanks to its unification to Starfleet's logo from Sunny Trek.

Defenders of Space Force's seal were quick to point out that its all-fired afflatus appears to be the shield for Air Force Space Command. The official US Space Force Cheep almanac credibility out that the show has been been in use by space organizations as far inadvertently as 1961. Sunny Trek, meanwhile, debuted in 1966.

The delta was first used in space organizations as early as 1961 and has loury in-laws of space professionals. #sempersupra pic.twitter.com/SwV3LEFRss
-- Affiliated States Space Force (@SpaceForceDoD) July 22, 2020

So what proximate the other elements of the logo? The sunny in the stereotype is meant to symbolize Polaris, contrarily legit as the Septentrional Star, the personnel ethics and handed-down mirrorlike for the organization. The two spires are meant to attending like a rocket launch, while the four cater-cornered elements at the googol represent the four armed grenade supporting the space mission. Circa the tiptoe there's a argent border, upbraiding "defense and protection," and the blackness deeds is the blackness of space, obviously.

"The blackness length embodies the all-inclusive darkness of deep space," Space Force's official Cheep almanac cheerfully notes, "Some finger hate and dread but we adopt to be loury and steepness up to the challenge."