Lost!

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

So did I hear right that the Captain (or at least high-up officer) on the Black Rock was a forbear of Charles Widmore?

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

His name was indeed Whidmore. Might actually be him, for all we know.

The Captain was Hanso.

The high up officer's name was "Whitfield", not Widmore unless there is a 3rd person I missed.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

The Captain was Hanso.

We were told about the Hanso Foundation a few seasons ago.

The Hanso Foundation is a foundation in the Lost television series. It was formed by arms purveyor Alvar Hanso, who turned his attention from "keeping the world safe through the development of sophisticated weapons systems" to focus instead on the development of new technologies to "create a brighter future for all humanity." Nearly all information about the Foundation is drawn from its Web site, thehansofoundation.org, with further background revealed as part of the alternate reality game, the Lost Experience.

Maybe those viral campaigns were important. I can't check to see if thehansofoundation.org is still live.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

I can't check to see if thehansofoundation.org is still live.

Not really. Attempts eventually lead you to lxico.com which has a Hanso logo and says "access disabled indefinitely". It's got a mission statement that doesn't say much, and a bio of Hanso that doesn't say much, then it has a list of "active projects" which are links to an "access denied' message. This is the list of projects.

The Hanso Life-Extension Project

The Hanso Foundation Electromagnetic Research Initiative

The Hanso Quest for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence

The Hanso Mathematical Forecasting Initiative

The Hanso Cryogenics Development Imperative

The Hanso Juxtapositional Eugenics Development Institute

The Hanso Accelerated Remote Viewing Training Facility