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It is understandable that the people of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) are inspired by science fiction show Star Trek, but the fact that the designers of the logo of CNSA forged two different Star Trek logo's (of Star Trek itself and of the imaginary United Federation of Planets) from this popular series into one, is less then decent. Then again, the creators of Star Trek probably never imagined that their creations would ever fly, in reality, into space. Unless, Star Trek will sue the CNSA for trademark infringement, that is.  Then again, they might see it as a free (interplanetary) advertisment for their science fiction show (which becomes less and less science fiction).  

After the name "Taikonaut" was coined by Chiew Lee Yih from Malaysia and later embraced by Xinhua for people who travelled in space for the Chinese space programme (to distinguish those from astronauts from the US and cosmonauts from the USSR/Russia), IP Dragon is surprised that the CNSA chose for a less than original logo. According to this Wikipedia article: "the terms "y?hángyuán" (???, "sailing personnel in universe") or "hángti?nyuán" (???, "sailing personnel in sky") have long been used for astronauts. The phrase "tàik?ng rén" (???, "spaceman") is often used in Hong Kong and Taiwan." 

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