Overlord wrote
OK. But the NEWS MEDIA keep saying she is an "astronaut". Perhaps
there should be a push to call people WHAT THEY REALLY ARE, instead of
giving them gratuitous titles that they haven't actually earned.
Political correctness????

From Wikipedia.....
An astronaut or cosmonaut (Russian: ???????´?? IPA: [k?sm?'naft]) is a
person who travels in space or has been trained to do so. While often
reserved for professional space travellers, the term is also sometimes
applied to anyone who travels into space, including scientists,
politicians, journalists, and tourists.

Bob Moore