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Get you a company that can do both (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 98 points 2 months ago (1 children)

US Government Employee: "Okay, awesome. So that's a solid contract for the Lunar Lander for NASA. Great doing business with you."

Northrop Grumman salesman: "Yeah, sure, happy to help us win the space race against the Soviets!"

Gov Employee: "Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go figure out who we're going to get to build a stealth bomber for the Air Force."

Grumman: "Oh, we can do that too!"

Gov Employee: "Whoa, really? Thanks, that really makes the rest of the week easier. I appreciate it! Now all I need to do is find someone to make some cute little mail delivery trucks for the USPS."

Grumman: "You're not gonna believe this..."

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just to head off any pedantry: I know this isn't how it went, but it's funnier this way.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months 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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I saw no pedantry, only interesting information.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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