Is Jeff Bezos an Astronaut?

The world welcomed the achievement as joyous news amidst the misery of a pandemic still ravaging the world.by Dr.

Ruwantissa Abeyratne from Montreal"What's in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet" ~ Romeo and Juliet 2:2On July 20, 2021, at a little past 9 A.M.

billionaire Jeff Bezos and three others lifted off in the Blue Origin New Shephard capsule for "space". CBS Miami reported on the same day that "at an altitude of about 45 miles, the booster rocket separated from the capsule, allowing it to fly on its won.

Bezos and his fellow astronauts floated in microgravity for a few minutes before parachutes and thruster rockets helped land the capsule at 9:22 a.m.

The capsule reached a high point of just above 63 miles and the ride lasted roughly ten minutes". The world welcomed the achievement as joyous news amidst the misery of a pandemic still ravaging the world.

There was one snag though. The snag came in the nature of the words "Bezos and his fellow astronauts".

No, they were not, said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as reported in FOX Business News. On the same day Bezos took flight the FAA released Order No 8800.2 which says inter alia that for a person to be called an astronaut he/she should: meet the requirements for flight crew qualifications and training under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 460; demonstrate flight beyond 50...