re: Sorry but

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re: Sorry but

Raoul — 10/6/2003 9:30:43 AM (archived)

Taikonaut is a word inveted by someone outside of China.
It looks like some publications prefer to let those who launch the spaceman create the word.
After all "Shenzhou" is chinese like "Soyuz" is Russian. Cosmonaut is russian but thanks to the greek origin of the word, which is also western.

Raoul

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October 15th? - Raoul - 10/5/2003 4:25:26 PM
- 14 orbits! - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2003 4:36:19 PM
- Not just 1 orbit. - Delbert - 10/9/2003 3:16:01 PM
  - re: Not just 1 orbit. - Raoul - 10/10/2003 10:30:16 AM
    - Number of orbits - Nick Hoffman - 10/10/2003 3:17:19 PM
- I refuse to call them that. Tell them to think up another name. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/6/2003 3:47:05 AM
  - re: Sorry but - Raoul - 10/6/2003 9:30:43 AM
  - re: Sorry but - Raoul - 10/6/2003 9:30:33 AM
    - Astronaut - Tom Brosz - 10/6/2003 3:11:26 PM
      - re: Astronaut - Nick Hoffman - 10/6/2003 11:10:02 PM
        
        re: Astronaut - Delbert - 10/7/2003 1:17:41 AM
        
        Local terminology - Nick Hoffman - 10/7/2003 8:33:51 AM
      - re: Astronaut !!! LOL ! - Raoul - 10/6/2003 4:22:12 PM
        
        From Space Earth is a heavenly body (n/t) - gbaikie - 10/6/2003 4:48:22 PM
        
        We are all astronauts... - Raoul - 10/6/2003 7:22:57 PM
- Who knows? - JonClarke - 10/5/2003 10:45:05 PM
- re: October 15th? - Nick Hoffman - 10/5/2003 4:39:07 PM
  - re: Confirmed - Raoul - 10/8/2003 8:26:11 AM
    - re: Confirmed?? 1 orbit or 1 day? - Delbert - 10/8/2003 2:44:58 PM
      - However....... - Delbert - 10/8/2003 3:25:56 PM
        
        re: However.......looks like 90 minutes ... 1 orbit. - Delbert - 10/8/2003 3:28:31 PM

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