Meaning of actornaut | Babel Free

Definitions

A person who is claimed to be an astronaut, in the context of conspiracy theories that claim that some or all travel into outer space is faked.

derogatory, humorous

Examples

“HJP (“Douglas”) Arnold has expressed the regret that there was only one distant shot of Neil Armstrong near the LM. […] How could Armstrong forget, what about the list of assignments, the mission timeline? Or was he not there? And if he was not there, then was there an actornaut or A N Other astronaut in that pressurised suit?”

“The reality of the ISS is that its a giant hoax!!! […] But one of the more hilarious aspects of these NASA videos has got to be the constantly incomprehensible NASA jargon the actornauts use to communicate with Houston (and with each other).”

“The cattle mutilations continued and people in the area wrote to Senator Harrison Schmitt's (former Apollo astronot/actornaut), which eventually resulted in a mutilation conference being held in the Albuquerque Public Library on April 20, 1979.”

“A group of fans calling themselves the Flat Hearts has gleefully run with the terraplanismo theme, confecting a whole songbook of chants in double-quick time. […] Another casts doubt on the moon landings, describing “actornauts” suspended on NASA wires.”

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