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Why in Sci-Fi they always use Marine or Naval terminology and structure instead of Aviation for the spaceship structure, navigation and military ranks? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 8 months ago by vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I don't really know how to structure this question, but yeah, why is always Naval and never Aviation?

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[โ€“] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I feel like especially in titles space is at a premium so omitting words that aren't actually needed to avoid ambiguity in the given context is fine

[โ€“] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

When the missing word is do, I am unmoved by concerns about space.