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Fun story for the HN crowd: The research vessel Falkor (too), named after the luckdragon from the Neverending Story, was paid for by Eric and Wendy Schmidt, ex-
by a_bonobo 3y ago
Fun story for the HN crowd: The research vessel Falkor (too), named after the luckdragon from the Neverending Story, was paid for by Eric and Wendy Schmidt, ex-Google CEO.
Lots of philanthropic funding in marine research vessels: another deep sea research vessel, DSSV Pressure Drop, was sold to Inkfish, which is owned by Gabe Newell of Valve/Steam-fame.