Re: How about Taitslin . . . ?
Ilya was on the CNN space BBS when I first saw his (her?) posts in 1997. The e-mail adres mentions Taitslin with 'i"; there's a famous Russian born scientist in Belgium: Ilya Prigogine who obviously is a man.
Then there's Superman's producer Ilya Salkind.
I remember back on the CNN space forum, the issue was raised and am pretty sure it was settled by himself.
What more can I say?
Raoul