Nonsense. In Germany, astronauts are called either "Astronauten" or
"Raumfahrer" and that wouldn't change if they were launched by a
German rocket.

That's a relief! Based on my devoted study of the language, traveling
from gasthaus to gasthaus in 1958, I would have rendered it
Fernfahrter.

(By the way, I thought Germans were rather rude to American tourists,
too. Especially in the post office.)

all the best -- Dan Ford
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