OK. I admit the title is a bit click-baity, but I though it would be nice to have something a bit less serious. This was from a post on Minds.com, where someone had asked why one of the constellations from the original NASA logo wasn’t present in the new design. Here was my theory:
“There doesn’t seem to be much of any info on what the constellations were meant to represent in the first place. Several theories suggest the left one to be Cygnus, the right to be Andromeda, and the missing top one to be Orion.
If I had to guess, it may have been simply an aesthetic decision, as having all three would make the framing too busy. As for why that one was chosen to be removed? Perhaps it didn’t look as good to the designers when placed on the new logo. Instead they chose to go with what appears to be Polaris, which gives it better asymmetrical balance.
The decision to include components from each logo seems to represent the combining of the two agencies in some form, as well as serve as an homage to its predecessors. At least, if I were in charge of it, this is how I would look at it. Personally, I don’t think there’s any deep-seated reason for it.”
What are the constellations depicted in the NASA logo? Why was this one specifically chosen to be excluded? Did you see it? Let me know what you think in the comments below.