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The Story Behind National Reconnaissance Office's Octopus Logo (muckrock.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the not-affiliated-with-hydra dept.

v3rgEz writes: When the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) announced the upcoming launch of their NROL-39 mission back in December 2013, they didn't get quite the response they hoped. That might have had something to do with the mission logo being a gigantic octopus devouring the Earth. Researcher Runa Sandvik wanted to know who approved this and why, so she filed a Freedom of Information Act with the NRO for the development materials that went into the logo. A few months later, the NRO delivered.

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  1. Hail Hydra by frovingslosh · · Score: 4, Insightful

    opps, did we let the logo go public?

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  2. Personally, I think it's pretty badass. by Rinikusu · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'd love to have that on a sticker on my laptop or a patch on my punk rock hoodie.

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    1. Re:Personally, I think it's pretty badass. by Registered+Coward+v2 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I'd love to have that on a sticker on my laptop or a patch on my punk rock hoodie.

      I'm with you on this. Patches are a chance for crews to add some fun and enjoy and inside joke. Our boat had its official patch and an unofficial one. The unofficial one was a lot better at capturing the spirit of our crew. The brass, however, nixed it as our official one because it wasn't serious enough. We were serious about our mission but a little humor goes a long way to build espirt de corps...

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  3. For the Love of God, follow the link by hyades1 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The two paragraph statement written by some drone to justify the selection of the octopus as a logo is priceless. It reads like something a Grade 6 kid would put down when they get their first hundred-word research assignment.

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  4. Re:Holy crap! by Dutch+Gun · · Score: 3, Insightful

    showing planes coming back from having DROPPED AN ATOMIC BOMB ON THE PLANET!!! (Caption: "we own the night")

    Pretty sure that's a sunrise, but it's still badass. This is a reconnaissance organization, remember.

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