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NASA's New 'Exploration' Insignia

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the only-on-sunday-are-logos-news dept.

colonist writes "NASA has a new insignia for the program set by the Vision for Space Exploration. This UPI article describes it: "Three spheres--Earth, the moon and Mars--are arrayed in sequence, with the streak of a rocket passing through each. A Latin inscription on the emblem says 'Audentes Fortuna Juvat,' which, translated into English, says 'Fortune Favors the Bold.'" Compare it with other space mission insignia."

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  1. Cpt Sisko by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fortune Favors the Bold

    Didn't Sisko say this in DS9?

    1. Re:Cpt Sisko by blancolioni · · Score: 4, Funny

      Didn't Sisko say this in DS9?

      Well, Virgil said it in 10BC, but he probably stole it from Sisko.

  2. In 2,300 years... by quinkin · · Score: 4, Funny
    NASA announces new plan to wait for next Earth, Moon, Mars alignment and build a great big slippery slide...

    Q.

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  3. GeekMan Spacesuits by ryanmfw · · Score: 3, Funny

    Darn, now I need someone to sew one of these onto my cool GeekMan(TM) action figure battle spacesuits!

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  4. Re:Why Latin? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should keep them in the original Klingon!

  5. It's slightly better than the last slogan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Safe, sensible, and on the ground.

  6. Re:Why Latin? by LittleBigLui · · Score: 5, Funny
    Why do all these insignias use Latin?


    Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
    (Whatever is said in Latin, sounds profound.)
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  7. Nice logo NASA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Three spheres--Earth, the moon and Mars--are arrayed in sequence, with the streak of a rocket missing all three and flying straight into the sun

    One badge team must have been working in metric, the other in imperial.

  8. Re:Bold... or Risk-Averse by iggymanz · · Score: 2, Funny

    The full slogan is actually "fortune favors the bold robotic vehicle"

  9. Can't attribute it, but... by quinkin · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Latin is a dead language.
    Dead as dead can be.
    It killed off all the Romans,
    and now it's killing me."
    - Allegedly etched on a desk in a classroom.

    Q.

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  10. short-term thinking? by WillWare · · Score: 3, Funny
    The Moon-Mars thing is only the next five or ten years, isn't it? NASA would presumably want an insignia that extends beyond the immediate goal. At least I would, if I were NASA. Otherwise I'd worry about whether I should be getting my resume cleaned up.

    "Fortune favors the bold", huh? So what favors the feeble? Whatever that is, NASA should be shopping for some of that.

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  11. "Three spheres--Earth, the moon and Mars" by 3LP · · Score: 2, Funny

    Its triplanetary! Curse those filthy Boskonians....

  12. NASA PR by Animats · · Score: 3, Funny

    NASA has a great PR operation. They should realize that's their core business area and dump the space operations.

  13. Good, a logo by kahei · · Score: 2, Funny


    Now all they need is funding, a plan, and some sort of stab at a space vehicle.

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  14. For those of you who don't know Latin .... by some+guy+I+know · · Score: 2, Funny
    Nostrum navis praemium in luminosus incendia.
    My nose and navel have been set on fire and are burning brightly.
    Semper ubi sub ubi!
    Hit him below the belt!
    Ego nunquam ubi sub ubi! Planto vos fervens?
    Only arrogant non-coms hit below the belt! Why don't you go plant some ferns?
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