The Starfleet logo on Captain Picard’s officer’s uniform bears a close resemblance to a recently discovered rock on Mars – or vice versa.
Admittedly, we couldn’t have imagined in our wildest dreams that we would ever report on GameStar about a despicable stone. But as we all know, things always turn out differently than you think. And so a stone from our neighboring planet Mars is now finding its way into our product portfolio.
Of course, this is not just any stone that has fallen along. No, this particular chunk makes the hearts of science fiction fans beat faster. Because it looks almost exactly like an all too familiar logo. Namely that of Starfleet from Star Trek:
(Image source: NASA/JPL)
So, now it’s out. We have a Trekkie in our ranks. Although the following article may have already suggested that:
Where did the photo of the stone come from?
To be a little more serious again: the stone was discovered by the Mars rover Curiosity just this January or photographed (via Winfuture). The amateur astronomer and X (formerly Twitter) user actually discovered it Stuart Atkinson
The JPL, as it is called for short, builds and controls satellites and space probes for NASA and is affiliated with the famous California Institute of Technology, where, for example, the no less well-known guys from the sitcom Big Bang Theory
Incidentally, Curiosity has been doing its work since August 6, 2012 on Mars and has ever since countless photos shot from the surface of the red planet.
This is how fans react to the tweet
Jeffrey.O.Cee for example writes:
This must be their headquarters on Mars.
Robin Markowitz responds with a Vulcan greeting and the following word:
william haddad puts it in true Vulcan style:
Greetings…We are already going where no man has gone before…Live long and in peace.
Not the first Starfleet logo on Mars
Almost five years ago, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter space probe (in Mars orbit since March 10, 2006) snapped a photo of a formation that clearly resembles the Starfleet logo:
(Image source: NASA/JPL)
As the University of Arizona reported, the formation is one complex history of dunes, lava and wind
. That means: Neither Captain Picard nor Captain Kirk traveled back in time to place the Starfleet logo on Mars – unfortunately.
The James Webb Space Telescope provides particularly exciting insights into and images of the universe. You can find out more about its mission and technical equipment here:
How are you? Does the stone and rock formation make your science fiction hearts beat as much as mine? Or does that leave you completely cold? Are you even science fiction fans? What is your favorite film or series? And what about astronomy – are you interested in foreign planets and stars? Feel free to write it to us in the comments!
