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I hadn't realised that the barge was called "Just Read The Instructions" and it's just brightened up my day to see life imitating art like this. The names of th
by bjpirt 11y ago
I hadn't realised that the barge was called "Just Read The Instructions" and it's just brightened up my day to see life imitating art like this. The names of the spaceships in Iain M. Banks' Culture series is one of my favourite little details in those books.
- andyjohnson0 11y agoA nice tribute to Bank's work. I just finished re-reading The Player Of Games a few weeks ago, so I also recognised the reference. For those who are curious, there is a comprehensive list of spacecraft names at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spacecraft_in_the_Culture_series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spacecraft_in_the_Cultu...
- david-given 11y agoSpaceX's other barge (which I don't think has been used yet) is the Of Course I Still Love You.
- ceejayoz 11y agoThey really should've gone with "You'll Clean That Up Before You Leave" for the Atlantic barge.
- chippy 11y agoThis was named after a GCU vessel. I wonder what the designation of this barge should be. I think it might be SDS where SDS means Spaceport Drone Ship.