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Topic:	First Look: Expedition 10 Insignia

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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD> <IMG SRC="http://www.collectspace.com/review/iss10patch.jpg"> </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Tom</TD><TD>Very similar to Gemini 10...minus the names of course. Thanks for posting, Robert. </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Cougar20</TD><TD>Better than Expedition 9</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>sts205cdr</TD><TD>Definitely better than 9's. I like the simplicity.--John</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Mike Isbell</TD><TD>This reminds me of the STS - 79 insignia back in 1996. STS - 79, of course, was the flight that exchanged Col. John Blaha with Dr. Shannon aboard the Mir space station after Dr. Lucid's then record setting 188 day mission.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Rodina</TD><TD>Very clean -- I think the best Expedition patch yet. What the heck were the Ex-9 crew thinking?</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>music_space</TD><TD>What is to be made of the fact that the Soyuz' color is of the blue hue from the Russian flag, while the ISS -- the whole of it -- is of the hue from the U.S. flag...?</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>HouseDadX4</TD><TD>Very nice actually...Kept simple this time...</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>sts205cdr</TD><TD> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by music_space: What is to be made of the fact that the Soyuz' color is of the blue hue from the Russian flag, while the ISS -- the whole of it -- is of the hue from the U.S. flag...?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Good eye, I hadn't caught that before. I don't see why they keep putting flags on at all. It tends to make them gaudy, IMO. They already wear flag patches and that should be enough.--John</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Glint</TD><TD> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by music_space: What is to be made of the fact that the Soyuz' color is of the blue hue from the Russian flag, while the ISS -- the whole of it -- is of the hue from the U.S. flag...?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>And to carry it one step further, do you notice how the stars and stripes eclipses the background flag? </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>RMH</TD><TD>I hate to be the first to be negative but I don't like it. The flags are just to dominant making the "INTERNATIONAL" space station look more like a two nation project. I can understand national pride and the fact that the two countries are the two major contributors but the large flags seem a bit chauvinistic.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>snf13</TD><TD> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by sts205cdr: Good eye, I hadn't caught that before. I don't see why they keep putting flags on at all. It tends to make them gaudy, IMO. They already wear flag patches and that should be enough.--John<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Just a nice way to show ownership of vehicles and make the patch have some grapical appeal. The flags are traditionally utilized to show international cooperation.[This message has been edited by snf13 (edited May 11, 2004).][This message has been edited by snf13 (edited May 11, 2004).]</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>snf13</TD><TD> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by RMH: I hate to be the first to be negative but I don't like it. The flags are just to dominant making the "INTERNATIONAL" space station look more like a two nation project. I can understand national pride and the fact that the two countries are the two major contributors but the large flags seem a bit chauvinistic.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>The patch is not meant to symbolize the ISS. The intent is to reflect the CREW. And this crew happens to be made up of one Russian and one American. The American in this case being commander (hence, the US flag in front). The role of commander is alternated between US and Russia with each flight. The current Expedition on board is being commanded by a Russian.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>sts205cdr</TD><TD> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by snf13: Just a nice way to show ownership of vehicles and make the patch have some grapical appeal. The flags are traditionally utilized to show international cooperation.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Ownership of vehicles? That's all they have to symbolize? Don't they have a mission?As far as graphical appeal goes, I stand by my previous statement: It makes them look gaudy.If they intended to show off the international cooperation of the ISS effort, they should have used A LOT more flags.I just think they didn't put a whole lot of thought and effort into it, and it shows.--John </TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>

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