Originally published at: Three folks casually drift down river on chunk of ice | Boing Boing
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Next day’s headline “Three corpses found in river”.
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From the article “Prior to the tragedy, “the bridge was considered to be absolutely safe,””, famous last words right there. 
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Project Habakkuk might have worked too, if at the last minute the captain hadn’t got cold feet.
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Making something out of pykrete just for the heck of it is on my pointless things to do in retirement list. Probably not an aircraft carrier, though. This stuff intrigues me.
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You may be familiar with this biography of Geoffrey Pyke, who was full of ideas as far out as pykrete. Strongly recommended.
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James, Richard, and Jeremy filming a Christmas special?
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Note that this is today’s xkcd. How does Randall Munroe provide apt cartoons for BoingBoing on a regular basis?
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Oooh, I think I’ll give myself this for Christmas. Thanks for the tip!
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IIRC, Hale envisioned a launch system pretty much like this:
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Brits of a certain age will remember his first cousin, Magnus Pyke, nutritionist, chairman of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and marvellously eccentric science broadcaster and populariser. He famously appeared in the video for Thomas Dolby’s She Blinded Me With Science.
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May I have your attention, please?
May I have your attention, please?
Will the real Randall Munroe please stand up?
I repeat
Will the real Randall Munroe please stand up?
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Not just Brits. I remember seeing his show a few times in Canada. He was brilliant.
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He was. I didn’t realise his TV work had ever made it beyond the UK; that’s good to know.
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You all seem to see three people on a small ice floe.
I see three young skinny polar bears in disguise on their first infiltration mission.
Just me?
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