Star Trek fans love Space Force tag
The Pentagon’s new US Space Force is not Star Trek’s Starfleet Command but their logos bear a striking similarity.
President Donald Trump unveiled the Space Force logo on Friday, tweeting that he had consulted military leaders and designers before presenting the blue- andwhite symbol.
It features an arrowhead shape centred on a planetary background encircled by the words “United States Space Force” and “Department of the Air Force”.
The logo, which bears the dat e 2019 in Roman numerals, is also similar in design to that of Air Force Space Command, from which Space Force was created. Space Force is the first new military service since the Air Force was created in 1947. It is meant ma i n l y to i mprov e protection of US satellites and other space assets, rather than to put soldiers into orbit to conduct combat in outer space.
Trump wanted a Space Force that was “separate but equal” to the Army, Navy and Air Force but instead Congress made it part of the Department of the Air Force.
“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!” Trump wrote.
George Takei, who played Sulu in the original Star Trek TV series and films, tweeted in response, “Ahem. We are expecting some royalties from this.”
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