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Judi Lynn

(160,213 posts)
Fri May 15, 2020, 08:34 PM May 2020

The US Space Force now has a flag. Here it is.

Source: Space.com

By Chelsea Gohd 3 hours ago

"Space is going to be the future, both in terms of defense and offense and so many other things."

The flag of the nation's newest military branch was unveiled today (May 15) during a ceremony in the Oval Office. President Donald Trump watched as the flag was unfurled and designated it the official banner of the Space Force.

"Space is going to be the future, both in terms of defense and offense and so many other things," said Trump, who also signed the 2020 Armed Forces Day Proclamation during today's event. "And already, from what I'm hearing and based on reports, we're now the leader in space."



The official flag of the U.S. Space Force is unveiled at the White House event with President Donald Trump on May 15, 2020. (Image credit: White House)

"This is really to unfurl the flag, but we’ve been doing this now for quite awhile," he added.

The flag itself is very dark blue, appearing almost black at first glance. It features three large stars and the Space Force's signature delta logo in the center. The flag reads "United States Space Force," and beneath that are the Roman numerals "MMXIX," or 2019, the year that the Space Force was officially "born."

Read more: https://www.space.com/space-force-flag-unveiled.html



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The US Space Force now has a flag. Here it is. (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2020 OP
Link incorrect truthisfreedom May 2020 #1
I want to smack that stupid grin of Trumps face. I will it with a rotten tomato. riversedge May 2020 #2
Look at the @hole grinning from ear to ear about "Space Force" during a pandemic DesertRat May 2020 #4
Me too. 1st thing I noticed. yonder May 2020 #22
No pic of him dry humping that flag yet? Under The Radar May 2020 #3
Who are the first Space Cadets? CaptYossarian May 2020 #5
The first 1,000 to enlist SCantiGOP May 2020 #44
You have got to kidding yankee87 May 2020 #6
Shhh! Never ask that! Grokenstein May 2020 #21
Seriously! They take it as a challenge! Maeve May 2020 #37
"Here. Hold my Clorox!" n/t Dave Starsky May 2020 #42
My sentiments exactly Yeehah May 2020 #52
Ah, yes, the Space Farce sakabatou May 2020 #7
Paramount Studios, should sue him R Merm May 2020 #8
CBS/Universal has it now. Dave Starsky May 2020 #41
Actually, they both have it. R Merm May 2020 #54
what a farce and ripoff. too much like starfleet. AllaN01Bear May 2020 #9
Brilliant drawing of the zentrum May 2020 #10
Is James Tiberious Kirk the commander? doc03 May 2020 #11
I hope someone tells the space cases that... 47of74 May 2020 #12
That was such a good show HuskyOffset May 2020 #17
#firetheliars2020 TheNewNumberTwo May 2020 #46
Moonbase Alpha, we got this covered Baclava May 2020 #13
That LCRT looks like the Death Star. Dave Starsky May 2020 #43
More like Spaceballs. sop May 2020 #14
"...both in terms of defense and offense and so many other things." FailureToCommunicate May 2020 #15
Everytime I hear about Space Force dflprincess May 2020 #16
Same here! Canoe52 May 2020 #23
In space, no one can hear how dumb and stupid Donny sounds Blue Owl May 2020 #18
+1 Hiawatha Pete May 2020 #19
So I take it he's seen Starship Troopers Grokenstein May 2020 #20
Aha! -- you read the BOOK rather than just seeing the movie, I can tell... n/t MrModerate May 2020 #40
All about priorities. Thank god we have a space force to defend against... uh... ? 0nirevets May 2020 #24
space force and starfleet command - look similar ? airplaneman May 2020 #25
I'm surprised Trump didn't have his name put on it. SergeStorms May 2020 #26
He's SUCH a dipshit! Talitha May 2020 #27
This has got to be a joke! grockri May 2020 #28
I'm pretty sure the Star Trek logo is trademarked... just say'in NotHardly May 2020 #29
Live long and prosper! B Stieg May 2020 #32
Star Trek MosheFeingold May 2020 #53
Please tell me this is a joke! Aussie105 May 2020 #30
Trump wasn't really elected SCantiGOP May 2020 #45
I swear I imagined the text in Russian mahina May 2020 #31
Let's shoot trump into space, without a mask. rickyhall May 2020 #33
Embarrassing. NurseJackie May 2020 #34
How can anyone in the military support this idea of drumps? nt in2herbs May 2020 #35
Hmm...a black flag, and hypersonic thermonuclear weapons systems... LudwigPastorius May 2020 #36
Who, us? muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #49
Us! LudwigPastorius May 2020 #50
Toilet paper, being used by a piece of shit. (nt) Paladin May 2020 #38
The new president will quickly disestablish this ridiculous non-service... MrModerate May 2020 #39
Star Trek is calling, they would like their logo back. Beacool May 2020 #47
"We are all interested in the future. For that is where we are going to spend the rest of our lives" muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #48
Not too bad. Trump probably wanted black and red but changed Hortensis May 2020 #51

yonder

(9,631 posts)
22. Me too. 1st thing I noticed.
Fri May 15, 2020, 11:12 PM
May 2020

He's beaming like he did all the work in getting that program going as well as the designing, embroidery and sewing the flag. He would even take credit for hand turning the flagpole out on a lathe.

Yeehah

(4,523 posts)
52. My sentiments exactly
Sun May 17, 2020, 11:41 AM
May 2020

I'm hoping the embarrassment doesn't turn into an even greater tragedy....like Trump starting a mindless war.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
41. CBS/Universal has it now.
Sat May 16, 2020, 09:18 AM
May 2020

And they have a new series coming out this fall with the adventures of Captain Pike, Number One, Spock, and the original crew of the USS Enterprise.

So this is like free publicity for them.

R Merm

(405 posts)
54. Actually, they both have it.
Mon May 18, 2020, 04:06 PM
May 2020

When Viacom split into CBS and Paramount, CBS ended up with the TV series and Paramount the movies.

 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
12. I hope someone tells the space cases that...
Fri May 15, 2020, 09:21 PM
May 2020

....if you run into one of these not to open fire on it no matter what.



The last thing we need now is a pissed off alien species declaring a genocidal holy war against us.

HuskyOffset

(885 posts)
17. That was such a good show
Fri May 15, 2020, 09:39 PM
May 2020

Lots of pearls of wisdom were dropped on Babylon 5. Such as:

Only an idiot fights a war on two fronts. Only the heir to the throne of the kingdom of idiots would fight a war on twelve fronts.


As I read that quote, I think of Don Jr and Eric. Can't imagine why...
 

TheNewNumberTwo

(70 posts)
46. #firetheliars2020
Sat May 16, 2020, 09:37 PM
May 2020

Well that makes little Donny Hitler an idiot then He's losing pretty much every 'economic' war he's started to date, and definitely losing the pandemic one - I'm thinking of the scene from Downfall about now, and had he ever read "history" - he'd know what comes next......

 

Baclava

(12,047 posts)
13. Moonbase Alpha, we got this covered
Fri May 15, 2020, 09:25 PM
May 2020






I heard NASA wants a telescope on the darkside too, they big into that



Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) on the Far-Side of the Moon


https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2020_Phase_I_Phase_II/lunar_crater_radio_telescope/








sop

(9,945 posts)
14. More like Spaceballs.
Fri May 15, 2020, 09:25 PM
May 2020

I could see Trump dressed up as Dark Helmet, wearing that huge Darth Vader helmet.

dflprincess

(28,057 posts)
16. Everytime I hear about Space Force
Fri May 15, 2020, 09:32 PM
May 2020

all I can think of is the Muppet segment "Pigs In Space".

Here's one of their episodes.


Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
20. So I take it he's seen Starship Troopers
Fri May 15, 2020, 11:00 PM
May 2020

and he didn't get the "satire" part. But the stuff about Those People being forced to earn citizenship through military service and the public whippings? Aw yeah, you know that made Donny's little toadstool swell up.

...Seriously though, he's always been throwing shit at the wall every day to distract from the shit he threw the day before, but this is cartoonishly desperate.

SergeStorms

(18,882 posts)
26. I'm surprised Trump didn't have his name put on it.
Sat May 16, 2020, 01:28 AM
May 2020

I'm also surprised it isn't called the "Trump Space Force". That'll probably come later.

grockri

(19 posts)
28. This has got to be a joke!
Sat May 16, 2020, 01:38 AM
May 2020

Looks like a cheap knockoff of the original Star Trek!. They would have created a better flag then this for 1960s television. What a bunch of dumb-asses.

Aussie105

(5,211 posts)
30. Please tell me this is a joke!
Sat May 16, 2020, 02:21 AM
May 2020

Or the picture is a promo shot, of a bunch of actors dressed up like real people in a studio somewhere doing an upcoming movie, like 'Idiots in Space' or something?

Can't be real. Can't be serious. Just can't.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,150 posts)
49. Who, us?
Sun May 17, 2020, 06:39 AM
May 2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silbervogel



The design was a significant one, as it incorporated new rocket technology and the principle of the lifting body, foreshadowing future development of winged spacecraft such as the X-20 Dyna-Soar of the 1960s and the Space Shuttle of the 1970s. In the end, it was considered too complex and expensive to produce. The design never went beyond mock-up test.

The Silbervogel was intended to fly long distances in a series of short hops. The aircraft was to have begun its mission propelled along a 3 km (2 mi) long rail track by a large rocket-powered sled to about 1,930 km/h (1,200 mph). Once airborne, it was to fire its own rocket engine and continue to climb to an altitude of 145 km (90 mi), at which point it would be travelling at about 21,800 km/h (13,500 mph). It would then gradually descend into the stratosphere, where the increasing air density would generate lift against the flat underside of the aircraft, eventually causing it to "bounce" and gain altitude again, where this pattern would be repeated. Because of aerodynamic drag, each bounce would be shallower than the preceding one, but it was still calculated that the Silbervogel would be able to cross the Atlantic, deliver a 4,000 kg (8,800 lb) bomb to the continental United States, and then continue its flight to a landing site somewhere in the Empire of Japan–held Pacific, a total journey of 19,000 to 24,000 km (12,000 to 15,000 mi).


 

MrModerate

(9,753 posts)
39. The new president will quickly disestablish this ridiculous non-service...
Sat May 16, 2020, 09:11 AM
May 2020

Shortly after inauguration in 2021, and all those resources will go back to the Air Force, where they belong.

But we'll always have the (ripped off from Star Trek) flag to make fun of.

Beacool

(30,244 posts)
47. Star Trek is calling, they would like their logo back.
Sat May 16, 2020, 09:52 PM
May 2020

We are in the midst of a pandemic and this is what the dotard in the WH is focused on?

Unbelievable....




muriel_volestrangler

(101,150 posts)
48. "We are all interested in the future. For that is where we are going to spend the rest of our lives"
Sun May 17, 2020, 06:31 AM
May 2020

And now, ladies and gentlemen, a presidential address:





"And remember, my friends, future events such as these, will affect you in the future".
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