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Default Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts

On 2011-10-06, Jon Elson wrote:
Ignoramus28169 wrote:

Sad news.

I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are.


http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces
They've been doing it for quite some time. Now, especially that the
Russians are our only way to get to/from the space station, we
need to be able to communicate with them, without interpreters.


Makes sense. Fortunately, vodka is pronounced the same way in both
countries. (as is "algebra", the reason why I registered algebra.com in
1995).

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