But it works. The space agency uses two different logos to perfect effect.

  • @dustyData
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    The noodle is just too iconic and unique to abandon.

      • @dustyData
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        2411 months ago
        1. But space fans just love it so much. The decision to drop it meant, paradoxically, that the logo proliferated and multiplied everywhere else. It was a sort of Streisand effect, instead of dying and slowly disappearing it became a retro symbol. So they brought it back.
        • @[email protected]
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          711 months ago

          Your comment got formatted as a numbered list! (At least it did on the client I’m using). I think you can fix it by putting a backslash before the period, like 1992\. But space fans..

    • @[email protected]
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      1011 months ago

      Yeah, this didn’t teach me ANYTHING about how to make a quick buck! Anything else is just CLICKBAIT 😠

      Seriously though, if you think that article is useless, you should read your comment.

    • ares35
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      211 months ago

      fastcompany was writing click bait shit before ‘click bait’ became a term.

  • @[email protected]
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    911 months ago

    The meatball is butt ugly. The font and the red wiggly thing don’t look good.

    But it’s NASA, so I would happily get it tattooed on my face, should the need ever arise.

    The worm, on the other hand, is perfect.

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      411 months ago

      Maybe I’m too young but I love the meatball. It looks like exploration, adventure, science and fun. The worm looks too military to me.

  • GONADS125
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    711 months ago

    The worm logo was heavily featured in Starfield. I liked how they incorporated actual NASA in the game. Same with the real books.

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]
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    In the mid-eighties Jet Propulsion Laboratory updated its logo to match the worm. In the 1990s, NASA brought the meatball back due to popular demand.

    Personally, I like the moon, mars and beyond logo, but that’s a probe division logo.

    Oh and Space Force’s Asteroids arrow came before Star Trek as the USAF Space Command logo. Desilu borrowed and stylized it.