Details of the Daring Airdrop at Tristan Da Cunha(www.tristandc.com)
62 pointsby kspacewalk24 hours ago4 comments
  • qingcharles8 minutes ago
    Literally one of the worst places to fall seriously ill due to the fact you are absolutely and totally stuck in the actual middle-of-nowhere.
  • connorgurneyan hour ago
    I think this is one of the few things as late that makes me feel genuinely proud to be British, because, beneath the hostility that feels so rife across our country recently, we’ve so many good people making things like this happen. Bravo.
    • tomjen330 minutes ago
      It certainly involved a lot of skill and expense, but how many more lives could be saved if the same money had been spent on improved traffic safety or NHS in general?
      • argsnd21 minutes ago
        Probably not that many. You underestimate how expensive either of those things are.

        We have obligations to provide services like this to the people living in our overseas territories, and you won’t find many people who’ll oppose that.

      • benj1117 minutes ago
        True, but this is military expenditure. So would you rather they spend this on an exercise or on actually saving people?
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  • cbsks2 hours ago
    Amazing! Tristan’s entire website is a treasure. It’s a throwback to when the web was great.
    • brendoelfrendoan hour ago
      Agreed. The story is great, too. A really interesting logistical challenge that arose from unusual circumstances.

      There's probably something to be said for the fact that TDC is a small, remote community, so it shouldn't be surprising that its website is reminiscent of a smaller, more communal web... but I'm not going to try to read too much into it and let the story stand on its own.

      • argsnd15 minutes ago
        Until recently TDC had a very slow FCDO satellite link that required their website to be quite basic in order to actually be viewable on computers on the island.

        They now have a fast Starlink connection, but I’m glad they’ve kept the website as it is.

  • bananamogul2 hours ago
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    • ofrzeta2 hours ago
      You did? What did you make of the word "daring" and the name "Tristan da Cunha"?
      • qingcharles9 minutes ago
        I think he was trying to make a joke about Airdrop, I guess.