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Topic: First Look: Expedition 10 Insignia
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42983
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-05-2004 06:07 PM
   
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Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 05-05-2004 06:37 PM
Very similar to Gemini 10...minus the names of course.
Thanks for posting, Robert.
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Cougar20
Member Posts: 93
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Registered: Feb 2004
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posted 05-05-2004 06:57 PM
Better than Expedition 9 |
sts205cdr
Member Posts: 649
From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 05-05-2004 07:03 PM
Definitely better than 9's. I like the simplicity.--John |
Mike Isbell
Member Posts: 551
From: Silver Spring, Maryland USA
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 05-05-2004 07:20 PM
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. |
Rodina
Member Posts: 836
From: Lafayette, CA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 05-06-2004 12:03 AM
Very clean -- I think the best Expedition patch yet. What the heck were the Ex-9 crew thinking? |
music_space
Member Posts: 1179
From: Canada
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 05-06-2004 09:13 AM
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...? |
HouseDadX4
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posted 05-06-2004 10:01 AM
Very nice actually...Kept simple this time... |
sts205cdr
Member Posts: 649
From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 05-06-2004 11:24 AM
quote:
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...?
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 |
Glint
Member Posts: 1040
From: New Windsor, Maryland USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 05-06-2004 03:19 PM
quote:
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...?
And to carry it one step further, do you notice how the stars and stripes eclipses the background flag?
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RMH
Member Posts: 577
From: Ohio
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 05-06-2004 03:25 PM
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. |
snf13
Member Posts: 74
From: Houston
Registered: May 2004
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posted 05-11-2004 08:59 PM
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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
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).] |
snf13
Member Posts: 74
From: Houston
Registered: May 2004
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posted 05-11-2004 09:06 PM
quote:
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.
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. |
sts205cdr
Member Posts: 649
From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 05-12-2004 12:44 AM
quote:
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.
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
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