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Novel naming of the submersible vessel too, it's named after one of the hero-characters from an Iain Banks novel (one of The Culture series). Nice juxtapositio
by codebeaker 7y ago
Novel naming of the submersible vessel too, it's named after one of the hero-characters from an Iain Banks novel (one of The Culture series).
Nice juxtaposition using a name of a space faring craft for a deep ocean sub.
- krisgee 7y agoThe main ship itself is named after a Mind from Hydrogen Sonata and all the support craft on it are named after Culture ships as well. I guess the guy's just a fan?
- mannykannot 7y agoSpaceX has been doing something similar... https://www.space.com/28445-spacex-elon-musk-drone-ships-names.html https://www.space.com/28445-spacex-elon-musk-drone-ships-nam...
- arethuza 7y agoArticle on the naming from BBC Scotland: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-51413311 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-5... "However, the chief scientist on my expedition, Dr Alan Jamieson and a Scot, once met him in a bar."
- jascii 7y agoI was thinking of the Toots and the Maytals song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw66FA6OTqA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw66FA6OTqA Then again, maybe Iain Banks was a fan of one of the various artists who have covered it over the years.
- lgl 7y agoLove Iain Banks, but this was just a missed opportunity to the much better name Subby McSubface