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Who's An Astronaut As Private Spaceflight Picks Up Speed?
Retired NASA astronaut Mike Mullane finds it a meaningless title until liftoff regardless of whether you earn the spacecraft seat or buy it.
May 25, 2021
As more companies start selling tickets to space, a question looms: Who gets to call themselves an astronaut?
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It’s already a complicated issue and about to get more so as the wealthy snap up spacecraft seats. Some suggest a military-style pecking order like astronaut first class, second class but warn it could get complicated fast.
Retired NASA astronaut Mike Mullane finds it a meaningless title until liftoff, regardless of whether you earn the spacecraft seat or buy it. He also points out that it isn’t a copyrighted word.
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