North Korea has unveiled the new logo for its space program and not only has it commanded a lot of immediate media attention, it's also earning a considerable amount of scrutiny and ridicule internationally

For starters, the circular design, with its constellation, two blue rings representing satellite orbits and the acronym for the country's National Aerospace Development Administration emblazoned across the front makes it look suspiciously like a close imitation of the logo for America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or, NASA.

Then, the acronym for the North Korean space agency is a straightforward laughline that likely won't need much set-up: NADA, which, as a good number of folks in the United States already know and many more across the world will probably learn pretty quick, in Spanish means "nothing." Nada. Zip, zero.

North Korea's state media mouthpiece,The Korea Central News Agency, reported that the space agency's 1-year-old logo, "represents its character, mission, position and development prospects."

The KCNA's take on the logo continues by the describing the blue-colored, intercrossing rings as symbolize satellite orbits, indicating the country's commitment to satellites into all orbits --- which in all likelihood meant to imply the country will spare no expense to explore all corners of the universe.

The Great Bear constellation -- generally referred to by Americans as the Big Dipper -- represents the will of the space scientists of the DPRK to glorify Kim Il Sung's and Kim Jong Il's Korea as a space power.

Finally, the news outlet says the circle, or globe, represents the socialist country's idea for peaceful development of space.

North Korea successfully launched a satellite into orbit in December 2012, the country's fifth attempt at reaching orbit after an earlier satellite mission in April that same year disintegrated minutes after take-off and fell into the sea.

North Korean scientists said the satellite would study crops and weather and while it seemed the satellite was orbiting normally, at least initially, U.S. astronomers soon said the satellite wasn't transmitting signals and it appeared it was simply tumbling in orbit.

And so far, that's pretty much NADA.