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To: alnitak

So would whoever flies this get astronaut wings? I suppose not, but that brings on a more general question as civilian space travel opens up: who exactly is an "astronaut"? Will flying for NASA make you an astronaut and Rosaviakosmos a cosmonaut and if you fly privately are you just a space traveler?

I think the term astronaut should probably be reserved for the specific government job, but I believe they've given shuttleworth and tito astronaut wings, so its already becoming a question.


41 posted on 06/02/2004 5:36:16 PM PDT by unibrowshift9b20
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To: unibrowshift9b20

oops, sorry about the double post


42 posted on 06/02/2004 5:41:07 PM PDT by unibrowshift9b20
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