>>13723261i just wish taht someone had established a category for people who went to orbit early in the space race and we wouldnt have this shitty misconception.
Something like "Orbinauts" or something, so they would be objectively not able to call themselves part of the space club by doing the absolute bare minimum.
Its like if the definition of marathon runners included owning sports clothes, and people bought it just to be considered marathon runners, and there was a huge tendency in the media of treating them as if they were the same
