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    48 and lunch time!
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    ESA has used this word as shown above. But Chinese media still prefers to use "astronauts". Source of this news page is here from China Daily. Some voices here in China claim that "taikonaut" has been accepted by Oxford dictionary since 1998, but I can neither confirm that nor deny that. Because I can find this word on Collins online dictionary, but not Oxford Learner's Dictionary
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    CASC announced earlier this day(a couple of minutes earlier actually) that Tianzhou-4 cargo ship and its lifter, CZ-7, have arrived at the launch tower. Equipment at Wenchang operating smoothly. I've seen some interesting discussion here in China over this word. Taikonaut is said to be the "official" name of the Chinese version of US astronaut or USSR cosmonaut. "astro" and "cosmo" are both related to space / the universe in Indo-European languages. "taikon" is pronounced close to "太空" ("space", mostly referring to space near the Earth. Another word is "深空", "deep space", which usually means space beyond the Earth-moon system.). "naut" is closely related to marine sailors or sailing in Indo-European languages, as far as I know. However "naut" has absolutely no meaning in the Chinese language. China, Russia (and USSR), the US are the three countries able to "independently" send humans into space. European/Japanese crew were sent to ISS by American or Russian modules. Since US and Russia (USSR) have their own names for "astronaut" or "cosmonaut", it seems possible that China also wants to coin its new word. There is ongoing discussion over the word "taikonaut". It is so popular that searching "naut" in a Chinese search engine will bring you to "taikonaut". Some have advised using the term "hangtianyuan" (direct tranliteration from "航天员". It's meaning is the same as "astronaut" or "cosmonaut".) I don't know how you native speaker will pronounce "hangtianyuan", and I can't find a way to write its pronounciation in English. Hopefully coining new words won't stop possible future internation collaboration in the field of aerospace.
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    I don't know if this is THE windrider, but it managed 5m and then crashed.
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    44. Trying windrider challenge...
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    37 im back
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    34. Gonna get some sleep. Goodnight.
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    30.
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    29. Still don't wanna go to bed at this moment.
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    27. It's barely 11p.m. here.
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    Actually I saw this when I came in. 20.
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    13 My first time to see this red bar on the forums EDIT: Looks like we crossposted @Autochrome and it should be *14 @Maria Sirona
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    10 65 more to go (emm, more than that)
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    7 and more?
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    +4 thxs EDIT: i missed it lol EDIT2: as required by ColdJ
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    -3 I could hardly believe you made it close to being "positive" during the 20 minutes which I used to write a challenge entry :P
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    I hope this isn't off topic but here's my submission, a crewed plane using only Mk-I tanks and a guidance nosecone... Stock aerodynamic does allow "lifting body" or something similar with a relatively large AoA or fast speed. No wings/flaps/elevons, altitude control by RCS and engine vectoring. (Afterburner-aided takeoff, go supersonic.) Some other pics Then stage the parachutes and attempt landing near Island airport. But the 4 parachutes aren't enough to slow the plane down. Attempt 2: I removed 90% fuel to make the plane lighter, but the fuel tanks are still required to generate "lift" (looks like "sideforce" by colour) Then the afterburners are switched off for a longer flight. Trying to aim at Island airport. Pitching/Rolling/Turning on the yaw axis are all directly possible, thanks to RCS thrusters. It can also fly well with engines off because of the fuel cut. But the speed is still tooooo high. So I ejected and landed on a personal parachute. In conclusion, it's a pure stock wingless aircraft using only speed, AoA and Mk-1 tanks to generate "lift", and using RCS-assisted altitude control. It flies fairly well, stable in all situations. But considering the fact that the plane failed the landing, I would personally put it into the unmanned list.
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    -12 I just realized that this was the wrong post... All right not gonna change it now. so many posts have been made. Thx @Maria Sirona
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    -16 @ColdJYes I am on the positive side. I mean I've only been on this thread for a day
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    -28 @ColdJI'm definitely new to this thread, although I was also active on other parts of the forums a year ago.
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    -37 and up and up and up
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    -38 rising
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