”ADBut the new logo is really just a riff on the original U.S. Air Force Space Command emblem, which dates back decades. “Arrowheads and swooshes and orbits and stars and planets have been used in space emblems long before either of these emblems,” he wrote. “For whatever it’s worth — and I do not own the intellectual property rights in most of my Star Trek work — I’m not offended by the similarities, nor would I accuse the Space Force of plagiarism. It ain’t that serious.”ADIndeed, neither Star Trek nor the U.S. government can claim pure originality when it comes to the design of their space emblems. In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Starfleet insignia is meant to be a “direct descendant” of the logo, according to the Star Trek website.

Source: Washington Post January 25, 2020 14:57 UTC