HMS Discovery (1874) to D Murray in February 1902. The 1901 research vessel, built for the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–1904), incorporated many of the features of "Discovery", as well as taking her name. RRS "Discovery" was commanded by Robert Falcon Scott and took part in the Discovery Investigations from 1924 to 1931. She is now on permanent display at Dundee. Subsequent Royal Research Ships, launched in 1929 and 1962, have also borne the name, as has Space Shuttle "Discovery". HMS Discovery (1874) HMS "Discovery" was a wooden screw storeship, formerly the whaling ship "Bloodhound". She was purchased in 1874 for the British
The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 Canopus tends and guards and instructs." The book contains a 30-page afterword in which Lessing states that "The Making of the Representative for Planet 8" and the previous book in this series, "The Sirian Experiments" were inspired by her 50-year fascination in the ill-fated 1910–13 Antarctic expedition of Robert Falcon Scott, though not, she points out, by the element of ice and polar conditions in itself. Lessing expresses a concern that Scott and his explorers, heroes in their day, were vilified by recent generations. She analyses the disastrous expedition and the changes as to how it, and Scott himself, have