Category talk:Soviet cosmonauts

This category is within the scope of WikiProject Spaceflight, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of spaceflight on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SpaceflightWikipedia:WikiProject SpaceflightTemplate:WikiProject Spaceflightspaceflight articles

Biography: Military

	Biography portal This category is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This category is supported by the military biography work group.

Military history: Biography

This category is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history articles

Associated task forces:
/
	Military biography task force

Soviet Union

This category is within the scope of WikiProject Soviet Union, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Soviet UnionWikipedia:WikiProject Soviet UnionTemplate:WikiProject Soviet UnionSoviet Union articles

March 2006[edit]

I understand why the distinction between soviet union and russia, but it seems a little artificial to make this set distinction with space flight. The launches are from the same location, the companies making the craft are the same, the technology is a straight line between them etc etc. It is like calling the UK and the British empire of the 19th century different countries, and so the navies should be separated into UK navy and British Empire navies. OK- so the British Empire disappeared gradually rather than suddenly- so what. In both cases, the center of political power is the same, the command structure is the same, etc.

What I am suggesting here is that Russian cosmonauts and Soviet union cosmonauts be made subcats of "Cosmonauts"- You can't call it Astronauts of the Russian Empire or Russian speaking Astronauts- because Ukranians, Kazakh, and Uzbecks will take exception and not wish to be reminded. So even though Cosmonaut and Astronaut are equivalent terms, to keep the nationalism from interfering, it would be best to simply leave it ambiguous/ unspecified.

Comments? -Mak Thorpe 17:06, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]