always blows my mind that Starfleet and the state of Kansas share the same motto - ThreadSky

ryannorth.ca • 5 days ago

always blows my mind that Starfleet and the state of Kansas share the same motto

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drewmelbourne.com•5 days ago

I thought Kansas' motto was "You're not in Kansas anymore."

But then I realized I was getting Kansas confused with everywhere else.

trevorpk.bsky.social•5 days ago

It's also the motto of the Royal Air Force. That's probably where the Star Trek writers got it from.

trevorpk.bsky.social•5 days ago

The Star Trek writers 'borrowed' a lot. The Klingons are basically Japanese samurai. The term 'Ferengi' was used in India to refer to Europeans.

blakeyrat.bsky.social•5 days ago

There's a great old Soviet sci-fi film with that title too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Aspera_Ad_Astra_(film) very Star Trek-ish with a strong environmental message and a woman who may or may not have free will

woodentulip.bsky.social•5 days ago

We are not in Kansas any more...

opensecretalien.bsky.social•5 days ago

Beats 'Ad astra cruentas,' which I'm pretty sure is the motto of the Mirror Universe Starfleet.

opensecretalien.bsky.social•5 days ago

Cruentus* please don't cut my balls off

danielgray.com•5 days ago

KAAAANsas

ryannorth.ca•5 days ago

omg

certainlynotrik.bsky.social•5 days ago

It is also (although as "per aspera ad astra") the motto of the Moomin family in Tove and Lars Jansson's by now quite obscure comics from the late 50s.

certainlynotrik.bsky.social•5 days ago

As seen here in "Moomin and the Golden Tail"

metalsnail.bsky.social•5 days ago

Man, you look up "Star Trek Kansas" and some wild stuff comes up:
https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/09/kansas-state-marching-band-controversy-when-attempts-to-emulate-a-jayhawk-and-the-starship-enterprise-go-awry.html

ryannorth.ca•5 days ago

...HUH.

skschafer.bsky.social•5 days ago

Thanks for putting alt text, however how you've written it isn't actually useful for people as you are merely captioning the image and not describing it, thus the accessibility functionality isn't there. A simple addition to these of adding the text from the posters would go a long way. Thanks.

shemakesmeso.bsky.social•5 days ago

This alt text really requires the actual slogan to be useful to the blind. I mean, I guess saying they have the same slogan covers the most basic portion of what you're saying, but that seems like an important component.

johnsisko.bsky.social•5 days ago

Especially since Kirk is from Iowa...

jsantos.eu•5 days ago

That motto and its variants are so overused that's probably easier to list who doesn't use it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_astra#Mottos

eberhardt1.bsky.social•5 days ago

😂

porkrocket.bsky.social•5 days ago

Kansas mentioned. 😤

uncreativecat.bsky.social•5 days ago

Tragically Kirk is from Iowa which isn't quite Kansas

robtasm.bsky.social•5 days ago

In fairness, Kirk wasn't quite Starfleet, either. Prime Directive? Sometimes. Kobayashi Maru? Forget that. Why worry about a court martial when you're just going to get reinstated at the end of the movie?

houfek.bsky.social•5 days ago

Kansas: why build spaceships when you can wait for a tornado to take you there?

robtasm.bsky.social•5 days ago

Starfleet: and your little dog, too!

zakbagans.bsky.social•5 days ago

Kansas has a big role in the air and space industry. Boeing, Cessna, Philip Billard and Albin Longren all got their start in Kansas.

smeg.bsky.social•5 days ago

If only we could get Kansas onboard with the prime directive

jaybulls.bsky.social•5 days ago

We do. It’s one of the great things about Kansas. Kal-El also lives here.

mwdelaney.me•5 days ago

"Through hardship, the stars". It's really something.

madjaymilton.bsky.social•5 days ago

My high school has the same motto. I, uh… don’t think most of us rose to the challenge

skullmandible.bsky.social•5 days ago

well this is because they build the enterprises there. big factory, great union. my granddad was the guy who glued the big frisbee part to the rest of it every time. kind of a "lost knowledge" secure gig like COBOL programming