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Message:: [QUOTE="Skyman, post: 2852919, member: 28299"]Needless to say, there CAN'T be a contrail in space, given that it's a vacuum, but I'm willing to accept it as artistic license.  FWIW, the image that you showed of the NASA "medal" is actually a medallion representation of the Apollo 16 mission patch, which was somewhat of an homage to the NASA "meatball".[ATTACH=full]677435[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]677434[/ATTACH] From NASA's website you'll find out that that symbol actually had nothing to do with space, but actually had to do with Aeronautics (e.g. planes) which is what the first A in NASA stands for... "The round red, white and blue insignia, nicknamed the "meatball," was designed by employee James Modarelli in 1959, NASA's second year. The design incorporates references to different aspects of the mission of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The round shape of the insignia represents a planet. The stars represent space. The red v-shaped vector represents aeronautics. The circular orbit around the agency's name represents space travel." However, as mentioned, I certainly accept artistic license, and it's fun to know that that is what Gasparro was trying to do with that detail on the Ike.[/QUOTE]