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Re:Astronauts enter China's space station [video] by Hondor on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @06:44AM (#12742635)
Not according to dictionary.com:

"Astro- a combining form with the meaning “pertaining to stars or celestial bodies, or to activities, as spaceflight, taking place outside the earth's atmosphere,” used in the formation of compound words:"

It sounds like the Greek(?) meaning has been lost now in English, which is fine since it's a different language. Astronomers still sometimes look at other planets afterall.

Re:Astronauts enter China's space station [video] by kuschku on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @10:53AM (#12744307)
According to that, literally means figuratively, too.

Sometimes linguistic prescriptivism is necessary to keep a language actually understandable, and to ensure it makes sense, and doesn’t just become thousands of independent statements that you have to learn by heart.

Re:Astronauts enter China's space station [video] by areyousure on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @10:11PM (#12749371)
That ship sailed long ago.