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Old 01-31-2008, 09:09 AM   #208
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Originally Posted by Woodsy View Post
Not to split hairs.... You claimed to meet NASA's definition. Webster's Dictionary is not NASA.

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Sorry, you took me to seriously. I was contrasting NHRBA and NASA. The first human in space, Yuri Gagarin, is not an astronaut by NASA's bureaucratic definition. However people like Ed Givens are, despite the fact they never flew to space.

I spent some time with a couple of your "real astronauts" last week during training and they were very gracious in using the term with reference to Virgin Galactic clients.
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