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NASA's New 'Exploration' Insignia
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."
I don't think there's many things that haven't changed much like nasa's insignias. To me they're all so delightfully kitsch 50s stuff.
Nice to see something with continuity... even nicer that I like that base design.
Fortune Favors the Bold
Didn't Sisko say this in DS9?
Is it just me, or is NASA more of a marketing organization these days? Quit with the speeches and gimmicks and start working towards actually going somewhere interesting (aka Mars, Moon, etc.). I'd rather my taxpayer dollars do that than hype up going to one of these places :-/
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They should keep them in the original Klingon!
that the new insignia hints at the future without explicitly including specific targets outside of our moon and Mars.
Visual representations like this can help reinforce what the mission is all about.
I think its cool.
My hyperlinks aren't worth the paper they're printed on.
Safe, sensible, and on the ground.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
(Whatever is said in Latin, sounds profound.)
Free as in mason.
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.
"Fortune Favors the Bold".
.001% chance of something going wrong, and we just can't have that!!
Too bad it doesn't seem to be true these days. Seems to me that the U.S. is so risk-averse that any attempt at space travel will be terribly expensive and will take decades. Not because the technology isn't there (remember, we DID go to the moon 35 years ago), but because there might be a
When we DO finally get space travel sorted out, my suggestion is to put the lawyers and insurance CEOs on the first flight and aim it at the sun (Hey, it's Pauly Shore! And Rosie! Ding ding ding goes the trolley!).
Because it was originally written in Latin by Claudius in his epistles. It is an ancient truism, said well before there was a NASA, before there was an English language, well before the Earth was known to be round. Claudius lived from 10BCE to 54CE, and was emperor of Rome from 41CE until his death.
More people in the western world know Latin than know English, for the "romance languages" were founded from Latin.
Why are there Valedictorians, Baccalautate degrees, Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, Summa Cum Laude? I went to a Community College Graduation this week, and Latin was everywhere.
Tradition!
Lastly, Tradition states that a pithy motto be in latin, since it is a "dead" language, and therefore less likely to be misinterpreted.