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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I believe the history is Grumman made the usps trucks and then a little while after, they merged with Northrup, to make Northrup Grumman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_LLV

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes, hence the disclaimer. Grumman delivered the Lunar Module in 1968, Grumman delivered the LLV in 1986, Northrup delivered the B-2 Spirit in 1987, and the companies combined in 1994.

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You didn't pay any attention to their comment trying to head off your pedantry. Did you?

[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

The pedantry is genuinely interesting and contributes to the conversation. It's not like *it's or something that's pedantic for the sake of being pedantic.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago

I saw no pedantry, only interesting information.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's wild that they actually responded to the pedantry comment with the exact pedantry I was trying to pre-empt.