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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 9 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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[–] mdhughes@lemmy.ml 57 points 9 months ago

The purpose of Air Force is to monitor the skies, project power at a distance, and provide air superiority.

The purpose of Navy is to put a floating fortress off your shore and bombard your cities, carry around materiel, men, and aircraft, and patrol a vast volume of ocean.

So Navy structures fit the mission better, and this has been true since early SF.