Dundee Scotland City of Discovery

 

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The sailing ship RRS Discovery at Discovery Point, Dundee, Scotland, UK HMS Discovery Robert Falcon Scott's ship from the Discovery expedition. The spaceship Discovery One in Arthur C. Clarke's book 2001:A Space Odyssey was named by Clarke after RRS Discovery; Clarke used to eat his lunch aboard her, as she was moored near the office where he worked in London. According to Clarke, he was unaware that RRS Discovery was launched in 1901, so the fact that she was celebrating her centenary in the year of his book is a coincidence.
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