outer space is not the right term to describe low earth orbit. It's the nearest space there is, and if you're there, you're strongly gravitationally bound to the earth itself.
The International Flag of Planet Earth
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Re: The International Flag of Planet Earth
#62What will the favicon look like?
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#63This one is still my favorite: http://imgur.com/gallery/7ze3a
Once we do colonize the solar system I'm sure invidual moons of giant planets will play a larger role than the actual planets. So I don't see this working in the future. The only future we can truly expect, aside from total annihilation and reset of the planet, would be a total colonization of the solar system.
Why not? if Mars is colonized then there be 2 white dots on this flag (not sure why the moon is white)
It looks quite good actually
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#64This one is still my favorite: http://imgur.com/gallery/7ze3a
I like this one by a Hello Internet listener:
http://i.imgur.com/WT7TUAf.png
https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/37udsu/my_best...
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#65Two things: 1) Blue and white aren't exactly politically neutral. They tried to give Iraq a blue and white flag, with blue stripes representing the rivers. It did not go well. 2) A flag should not be so complex that children cannot draw it with crayons. The interlocking rings are nice, but the specificity of which goes under which makes things too difficult. The union jack is perfect example of this complexity but at…
Point 2 is a reasonable concern, but in this case, I think it's fine. If a child draws interlocking rings with a crayon, it's impossible to tell which ring is on top. So children can draw this without a problem, they just draw each circle in whatever order they want and it will look fine. The ordering concerns only come into play when using a medium that can represent which ring is on top at each crossing.
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#66Why not use the Olympic flag. Isn't that the purpose of the Olympic Games? To unite humanity?
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#67Here is a much better proposal, with the added benefit of keeping our planet safe:
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#68Without javascript, this page renders as empty white space.
I suppose it is made up of complicated things like text and images, so maybe an unfair observation.
Anyway, the flag. Sure, make an Earth flag, good idea. But I think it should look better than a few interlocking circles. Needs a bit more spice or something. Let's call the 7 circles version 0.1. Looking forward to version 0.2.
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#69Why would you put the flag for planet Earth on Mars? That just seems confusing.
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#70This one is still my favorite: http://imgur.com/gallery/7ze3a
Was about to hunt that one down to post. Glad to see I'm not alone.