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Forum: Patches & Pins
Topic: NASA's Extravehicular Activity (EVA) insignia

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 03-14-2004 10:19 PM From [URL=http://www.genedorr.com/patches/Skylab/Sk03.html]Space Mission Patches[/URL]: <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]Hamilton Sundstrand, the manufacturer of the Shuttle EVA (extravehicular activity, known colloquially as a "space walk") suits, designed this patch to be affixed to all of its space suits — since company logos are verboten on NASA equipment. This patch is also based on the da Vinci "Vitruvian Man" theme, but is updated for the space age: the central human figure is an astronaut suited for EVA. While this is a bit of a liberty with a classic image, it does address two modern concerns: the spacesuited figure is androgynous to reflect that female astronauts perform EVAs as well as male astronauts; and it presumably cushions delicate sensibilities from abuse.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> The patch is known simply as the "EVA" insignia.
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