Boaty's first trip

[OldBlade]

Boaty McBoatface to go on first antarctic mission

The craft will be sent back and forth through a cold abyssal current that forms an important part of the global circulation of ocean water.

 

[asdfghwy]

Very glad they kept the name. Way cooler than than some shit like "Cecilia II"

 

[bruceflinch]

Bon Voyage, Boaty!

 

[JesasaurusRex]

Very glad they kept the name. Way cooler than than some shit like "Cecilia II"

x2

Still laugh every time i hear it :laughing

 

[GPzPop]

To be clear, from the linked article, Boaty is not the name of the ship - the contest winning name was overruled - but the name for the unmanned submersable robot test unit

 

[bruceflinch]

To be clear, from the linked article, Boaty is not the name of the ship - the contest winning name was overruled - but the name for the unmanned submersable robot test unit

Killjoy! :laughing

 

[asdfghwy]

To be clear, from the linked article, Boaty is not the name of the ship - the contest winning name was overruled - but the name for the unmanned submersable robot test unit

Where are my pitchforks :mad

 

[easter bunny]

To be clear, from the linked article, Boaty is not the name of the ship - the contest winning name was overruled - but the name for the unmanned submersable robot test unit

While it's hard to Argue with naming the ship after Sir Richard, they got an awful lot of press and interest out of the Boaty McBoatface name. If something like this actually gets science into the headlines over the usual bullsit infotainment I'm all for it.