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Re: British astronaut to travel to ISS

From Jürgen Großenbach <jurgengb@adenauer.org>
Newsgroups sci.physics, sci.physics.relativity
Subject Re: British astronaut to travel to ISS
Date 2015-12-15 16:03 +0000
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gilber34 wrote:

> NASA applies the term astronaut to any crew member aboard NASA
> spacecraft bound for Earth orbit or beyond. NASA also uses the term as a
> title for those selected to join its Astronaut Corps.[17] The European
> Space Agency similarly uses the term astronaut for members of its
> Astronaut Corps.[18]

Which is a hollywoodish abuse of language and terminology, since none of 
those wannabe sailors "sailed" to stars or any other planets.

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British astronaut to travel to ISS Jason Wyome <jasonw@hotmail.org> - 2015-12-14 17:15 +0000
  Re: British astronaut to travel to ISS "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-12-14 12:47 -0800
    Re: British astronaut to travel to ISS Jason Wyome <jasonw@hotmail.org> - 2015-12-14 21:15 +0000
      Re: British astronaut to travel to ISS "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-12-16 17:17 -0800
  Re: British astronaut to travel to ISS Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-12-14 22:40 +0100
    Re: British astronaut to travel to ISS Jason Wyome <jasonw@hotmail.org> - 2015-12-14 22:15 +0000
      Re: British astronaut to travel to ISS Jürgen Großenbuch <jurgengb@adenauer.org> - 2015-12-15 15:12 +0000
        Re: British astronaut to travel to ISS gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-12-15 09:56 -0600
        Re: British astronaut to travel to ISS Jürgen Großenbach <jurgengb@adenauer.org> - 2015-12-15 22:27 +0000
      Re: British astronaut to travel to ISS gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-12-15 09:54 -0600
        Re: British astronaut to travel to ISS Jürgen Großenbach <jurgengb@adenauer.org> - 2015-12-15 16:03 +0000
          Re: British astronaut to travel to ISS gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-12-15 20:17 -0600
  Re: British astronaut to travel to ISS Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-12-14 14:46 -0800

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