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"cosmonaut" is the Russian version of an "astronaut". "Cosmo", "astro", and "naut" are all Greek roots meaning "world", "star", and "sailor". So, the question is mostly irrelevant, as the terms are English incarnations of strung together Greek terms. So, a literal meaning of "cosmonaut" is "world sailor", and "astronaut" "star sailor". Thus, both are fitting terms for someone going to outer space.

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