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October 15th 03, 08:32 PM
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"robert arndt" wrote in message
om... p.s. Isn't it strange that every nation that ventures into space is dubbed a 'naut? US= Astronaut. Russia= Cosmonaut. China= Taikonaut. Although this generally means "space navigator" the Germans if they ever launch their own manned flight would call theirs a Raumjaeger- literally, "Space Hunter"- a more miltaristic term based on their other military Jaegers: Feldjaeger, Gebirgsjaeger, Fallschirmjaeger. Naut means "the way". Astronaut, as in "the way of the stars". (I'm getting my explanation from Egyptian Uponaut, meaning "Opener of The Way.") Si 
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