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Re:Blue Origin first human flight by agloeregrets on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @12:23PM (#27895786)
Christa was trained and fully qualified for her role.
Re:Blue Origin first human flight by nautilius on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @12:56PM (#27896229)
All on board today were trained and fully qualified for their roles.
Re:Blue Origin first human flight by agloeregrets on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @08:39PM (#27900987)
In which their role was 'sit there, when sign says you can unbuckle, dso that, then get clicked back in when it's time.

Christa was legit trained how to spacewalk.

Re:Blue Origin first human flight by bernulli on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @10:07AM (#27906481)
Exactly. Which is more than what Gagarin or Shepard did.

Sure, McAuliffe trained to do so much more, but all of them fulfill the criterion you gave of what an astronaut is.