China's National Space Program Copies Star Trek Logo

hilarious!

That "doohickey communicator thingy" is known as the 'Starfleet Delta', and has been around since the original series, long before the communicators were miniaturized and the design incorporated into the resulting comm badges.

There are several explanations for what it may or may not represent, though nothing specifically attributed as being the 'official' explanation for it.

I can't wait to see their design for onboard spacewear. It will look like the Star Trek wardrobe I hope - with the short skirts for the ladies and the one-piece tight-fitting Captain Kirk pullovers.

And the UFP crest is a rip-off of the UN crest while it could be said that the delta is a rip-off of the Delta Airlines logo. The world does not begin and end with Star Trek.

Anonymous got it right: the UFP logo IS a rip-off of the UN logo (just google "United Nations Logo" or just go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg).

I remember reading an interview on sci-pop a while back that they based their design on the UN logo with a rocket in the middle.

CNSA's logo is not a rip-off. Here's an description of a similar logo (in Chinese)

http://www.spacechina.com/qywh_qysbxt_sjsbxt.shtml

The arrow in middle has similar shape as the Chinese character 人 which means 'human' or 'people' (which is the center of all space explorations). The three concentric circles (actually ellipses in CNSA's logo) stand for three Escape Velocities (minimum speed needed to move around earth, to escape earth system and to escape the solar system, which are three milestones for human's space exploration). The 'human surrounded by three circles' logo may exist in 1950s when the administration was founded, way before Star Trek was filmed in 60s. They changed the logo later by :

1. making the 人 stand above the three rings to emphasize on human's capability to 'escape' and explore

2. drawing the second ring with a bold line, to state that China has passed the first stage (earth system) and undergoing second stage exploration (withing the solar system).

3. adding olive branches to state that China's space exploration is peaceful.

CNSA's logo is original with strong symbolism. It's just a coincidence that it looks similar to Star Trek's. Or maybe Vulcans know Chinese so they understand the 人 character?

the chinese logo looks like missle and olive branches indicating weapon and peace.

http://www.youtube.com/v/5iFm2JWANz4