I call fake picture..Photoshop.. Proportions not nearly what they should be...
Posted on 05/30/2015 6:01:27 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
Since Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, the iconic visual of the American flag they left behind marked NASA’s success in going where no man had gone before, marking their arrival for future visitors to see. Since then, all space suits worn by Americans have been adorned with the American flag. However, NASA has been supporting a design that may replace the American flag during space travel. The new flag, called the International Flag of the Planet Earth, is expected to represent Earth as a whole, rather than segment only the United States.
According to the International Flag of the Planet Earth’s official website, the new flag is intended to represent Earth as a whole and to “remind the people of Earth that we share this planet, no matter of national boundaries.” NASA is hopeful that other countries will adopt the new flag during their space expeditions and bring forth a level of solidarity across the planet, rather than segment the space race into different teams.
The flag features a vivid blue background, representative of the Earth’s oceans, and seven interlocking rings that are described as a flower by its creator, Oskar Pernefeldt.
‘Centred in the flag, seven rings form a flower – a symbol of the life on Earth. The rings are linked to each other, which represents how everything on our planet, directly or indirectly, are linked.The blue field represents water which is essential for life – also as the oceans cover most of our planet’s surface. The flower’s outer rings form a circle which could be seen as a symbol of Earth as a planet and the blue surface could represent the universe.’
The composition of the flag is described in a video that was posted on the International Flag of Earth’s website.
According to Engadget, the International Flag of the Planet Earth was not designed by NASA directly. However, they are supporters of the flag. The actual design was created as a graduation project, and NASA has been a significant contributor to the concept and the project.
The likelihood of the flag being adopted by the entire population of Earth is slim. However, it has drawn support of many notable contributors, such as NASA, LG, and Flagga. With space travel becoming an international cooperative (for example, the International Space Station), an international flag has positive feedback. However, there are still many that feel the American flag is the only one worthy of being placed wherever American astronauts land.
When or if planet Mars is visited by Americans of the planet Earth, would you be comfortable leaving the International Flag of the Planet Earth behind, or would you prefer the American flag be left instead?
Not a lot of people know it, but early in the planning for the first lunar landing, NASA had the idea of planting the UN flag instead of the American flag. It took Congressional action to stop that crap and basically order NASA that if any flag is going to be planted on the Moon it would be the US flag, not the UN.
Had enough yet?
Obama is doing as much damage as he can to the United States in the time he has left
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If he actually does leave office he will not leave the scene. He craves attention and will be a thorn in the side of whoever the next executive happens to be. Obama will be like a gadfly, constantly second guessing and criticizing them. Of course the media will give him the stage whenever he wants it so his petulant arrogance and fault finding with America will continue to haunt this country for a long time to come.
The left plays to win. The Republicans just play.
You might want to check what the ‘N’ in NASA stands for while you’re at it.......
This must be a Bolden initiative.
Then shouldn't NASA drop the “N” and go by the name ASA (pronounced “Ass-ua”) ?
The “N” is for “National” Aeronautics and Space Administration...
So no flag, no National, no N....and your just Asa!
For the budget, as you comparing 1960’s dollars to today’s dollars? Because, in equivalent dollars, percentage of the budget, and percentage of GDP, NASA’s budget is smaller than in the 1960’s.
The current problem with NASA is that there are no visionaries at the head. Just a bunch of zero’s politically-correct cronies. The technical expertise is there, just not the will to effectively use it.
Agreed. The question being what can we do? I believe that ordinary political means are no longer effective.
“as you” should be “are you”
The Flag of The West Florida Republic, an impressive and historical flag
The first recorded use of the lone star flag dates to 1810.
On September 11, 1810 a troop of West Florida dragoons set out for the Spanish provincial capitol at Baton Rouge under this flag.
After a short battle they captured Baton Rouge, imprisoned the Spanish Governor and on September 23, 1810 raised their Bonnie Blue flag over the Fort of Baton Rouge.
Three days later the president of the West Florida Convention, signed a Declaration of Independence and the flag became the emblem of a new republic.
By December 10, the flag of the United States replaced the Bonnie Blue after President Madison issued a proclamation declaring West Florida under the jurisdiction of the Governor of the Louisiana Territory.
The West Florida Republic existed for 74 days.
With this rebellion in mind, this flag was used by the Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1839.
I call fake picture..Photoshop.. Proportions not nearly what they should be...
I think it’s been rebranded the interstellar division of ISIS.
“International” space cadet’s can do what they want, U.S. space cadets don’t represent the Earth, they represent the U.S.
F*** that noise, the rest of the globe can be represented when they pony up if absolutely necessary, but preferably the rest of the solar system will end up American :-)
Perhaps Nasa would like find a replacement for American Tax payer funding as well.
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