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Jason Arias on Designing Space Forces

The first image that came to mind was a spaceship bouncing from planet to planet with a bit of whimsy and charm indicative of the mid-century optimism in space exploration as a juxtaposition to our current dystopian lens. The iconic spaceship is a reference to the red aeronautics symbol in NASA’s “meatball” logo designed in 1959, and the way it’s interrupting the title represents human efforts to domesticate outer space.

Jason Arias on Designing Space Forces