NASA logo: meatball or worm design?

[lajoswinkler]

I hope this doesn't turn into a ruffle.

[kerbiloid]

Spoiler

 

Edited May 30, 2020 by kerbiloid

[YNM]

Depends - honestly the worm sign doesn't look well in close-up - but from afar (which is the case in most spacecrafts), it's a simple cool identification.

[Kerbart]

I like both. The meatball has a very classy retro look, and looks great on a flag.

But I'm a child from the 1970s and the worm is what I grew up with and what's always been NASA for me. From a design perspective, the worm checks all the boxes - elegant, one color, distinctive, and recognizable from a distance. Of course, "checking all the boxes" can lead to logos that look like they've been designed by a committee, but I think that in this case it's an excellent one.

[Canopus]

i‘d be in favor of a completely new „Meatworm“ design.

[YNM]

9 minutes ago, Kerbart said:

"checking all the boxes" can lead to logos that look like they've been designed by a committee

I'd rather have that honestly. Looking at typefaces / fonts that are used for public information, you know the well-done and well-used ones are normally the result of a good baseline requirements.

[Vanamonde]

The what or the what? 

[cubinator]

I thought the wormball was the best.

[Gargamel]

 

[StrandedonEarth]

1 hour ago, Vanamonde said:

The what or the what? 

On the off chance that is a serious question, the OP's question means which of the NASA logos do you prefer. The red one is nicknamed "the worm" while the blue one is nicknamed "the meatball." Personally, I like both. I wouldn't care which one is on the rocket I'm riding, as long as I'm riding a rocket!

 

 

[kerbiloid]

Which one can be painted on the Moon regolith by a hand in a spacesuit glove?

[Clamp-o-Tron]

@lajoswinkler can you add the "wormball" shown during the official livestream to the poll? I actually like it better than the others, and other posters apparently do too.

[razark]

Meatball.  The superior logo.

Original, now, and forever!

 

(Or at least until they give me the official graphics file for the worm.  Until then, I can only use the One True Logo.)

[Shpaget]

6 minutes ago, razark said:

(Or at least until they give me the official graphics file for the worm.

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nasa_graphics_manual_nhb_1430-2_jan_1976.pdf

 

HA!

[kerbiloid]

Maybe the meatball is nicer, but you can draw the worm one by ketchup or mustard on a dish, by finger on regolith, by blood on the wall, and by spaghetti.

[razark]

21 minutes ago, Shpaget said:

HA!

I have reasons to believe that document may be slightly out of date.

(For one thing, the page that covers my area shows some inconsistencies with current procedures.)

[Shpaget]

Good taste is never out of date. 

[razark]

49 minutes ago, Shpaget said:

Good taste is never out of date. 

Good to know others support the Meatball, as well.

Edited May 31, 2020 by razark

[lajoswinkler]

8 hours ago, Clamp-o-Tron said:

@lajoswinkler can you add the "wormball" shown during the official livestream to the poll? I actually like it better than the others, and other posters apparently do too.

You can't edit polls.

[Clamp-o-Tron]

1 hour ago, lajoswinkler said:

You can't edit polls.

Thought you could. Oh well

[Geonovast]

I like the "wormball" that was mentioned in the Demo 2 livestream.

 

[HansonKerman]

23 hours ago, Geonovast said:

I like the "wormball" that was mentioned in the Demo 2 livestream.

 

nice compromise. I like the meatball just because there’s moar too it than

uh

some kinda futuristic font. I don’t dislike the worm tho. It’s nice and simple and easy on the eyes. This worm ball is beautiful tho

On 5/31/2020 at 9:37 AM, lajoswinkler said:

You can't edit polls.

 

On 5/31/2020 at 11:30 AM, Clamp-o-Tron said:

Thought you could. Oh well

but... you can.

[razark]

56 minutes ago, HansonKerman said:

nice compromise. I like the meatball just because there’s moar too it than

uh

some kinda futuristic font.

Yes.  The meatball has so much symbolism in it.

The worm is just... the acronym in an odd font.

[Nuke]

im still partial to the meatball. i don't need no worms. 

[tater]

Wormball is against the worm design document.

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nasa_graphics_manual_nhb_1430-2_jan_1976.pdf