Consider this: When MTV launched back in Early 1981, what did they choose to use as their iconic logo/icon? A caricature of Neil Armstrong facing the flag!
Because it was iconic. It was American. It was instantly recognizable. It stirred something in you, making you think that MTV was 'something that had never been achieved before'.

That is why MTV launched their channel with the Apollo 11 footage. Which they played at the top of the hour, for 5 years!
And now their VMA Award is the Golden Moonman. Gosh, who would have thunk it? Oh and he is of course holding a flag. Every. Time.


~Bill

In my defense, I was left unsupervised...