Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:12:58 -0500
Subject: [WSFA] Rocket launch patches ...
From: Michael Walsh <walshmichaelj at gmail.com>
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"A purple-haired sorceress holding a fireball. A three-headed dragon
wrapping its claws around the world. A great raptor emerging from the
flames.

No, these are not characters from a Magic: The Gathering deck. They
are avatars depicted on the official mission patches made for the
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)."

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/creepy-kitschy-and-geeky-patches-us-spy-satellites-180953562/

mjw