{"id":6914,"date":"2020-01-27T15:54:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T20:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceros.com\/inspire\/?p=6914"},"modified":"2021-03-10T11:46:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T16:46:54","slug":"space-force-logo-copy-star-trek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ceros.com\/inspire\/originals\/space-force-logo-copy-star-trek\/","title":{"rendered":"Did the Space Force Logo Copy Star Trek?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\n<p>This past December, President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act,&nbsp; formally creating the Space Force, a sixth branch of the U.S. military dedicated to defense of the country\u2019s assets and interests in outer space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHistory proves that peace only comes through strength,\u201d Vice President Mike Pence said of the new branch in 2018. \u201cAnd in the realm of outer space, the United States Space Force will be that strength.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The administration took a big, or at least visible, step toward making that a reality on Friday, when it released the logo and branding for the new department. After all, what\u2019s a business without a brand?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After consultation with our Great Military Leaders, designers, and others, I am pleased to present the new logo for the United States Space Force, the Sixth Branch of our Magnificent Military! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TC8pT4yHFT\">pic.twitter.com\/TC8pT4yHFT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1220821545746141187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hmmmm. Well, that looks\u2026 familiar. Where have we seen this before?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Allow Hikaru Sulu to make the connection:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is nothing sacred any more. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ubyy4OIZrp\">pic.twitter.com\/ubyy4OIZrp<\/a><\/p>&mdash; George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgeTakei\/status\/1220832403985502209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, the logo bears similarities to the logo of <em>Star Trek\u2019s<\/em> Starfleet Command. From the color schemes, to the central upward-facing arrow, to the globe with an object in orbit and the stars in the background, to the name in a circular ring around the logo, there are more than a few commonalities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But did the government\u2014as critics charge\u2014just change a couple colors, move a couple lines around, and call an iconic logo its own? It seems too absurd to be true, but then again, this is an administration that lied about crowd size at an inauguration and altered a weather service map with a Sharpie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the logo certainly resembles one belonging to the Starfleet Command, the new Space Force logo more closely resembles the one for its space-defending predecessor. The Air Force Space Command was a major branch of the U.S. Air Force, which was incorporated and rebranded as the independent Space Force in December. Its logo, designed in 1982, features many of the same components as the new one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Air Force Lieutenant John Noonan highlighted this existing logo and the way it inspired Trump\u2019s Space Force logo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For those excitedly tweeting that Trump stole the Star Trek logo!!!!, the patch on the left was the existing Air Force Command logo. <br><br>The same one I wore as a Lieutenant in 2005. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mYb60YioBP\">pic.twitter.com\/mYb60YioBP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; John Noonan (@noonanjo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/noonanjo\/status\/1220826251402862592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Though the colors have been tweaked and some other minor cosmetic changes have been made over the years, the Space Force logo appears mostly the same as it did almost 40 years ago.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a quick Google search, Noonan\u2019s account checks out: Mike Okuda, the graphic designer who created the insignia for Starfleet, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ex-astris-scientia.org\/inconsistencies\/sf_command_emblem.htm\">says<\/a> it first appeared in a 1996 episode of <em>Star Trek: Deep Space Nine<\/em>. That\u2019d be a full 12 years after the Air Force Space Command debuted its logo. Furthermore, according to Okuda, the Starfleet logo was designed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ceros.com\/originals\/nasa\/\">emblem of NASA<\/a> in mind. So, while the similarities are there, it appears <em>Star Trek <\/em>borrowed from the government, not the other way around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceros.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/3-Space-Logos-2-1024x392.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ceros.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/3-Space-Logos-2-1024x392.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ceros.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/3-Space-Logos-2-700x268.png 700w, https:\/\/www.ceros.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/3-Space-Logos-2-768x294.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ceros.com\/inspire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/3-Space-Logos-2-1200x460.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>From left: AFSC logo (1982), Starfleet Command logo (1996), Space Force logo (2020).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, was the hysteria worth it? 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