William Shatner has taken a small step, but it’s a giant leap to call him an astronaut | Brief letters
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Amazing though William Shatner's short journey into near space was, I think it's a bit of a stretch to call him an astronaut (William Shatner in tears after historic space flight: I'm so filled with emotion, 13 October). You'll be calling us letter writers journalists next.
David Edwards Hulme
Stockport, Greater Manchester
As we seem to have entered a period of pointless space" travel, can I put forward my qualifications to be the first 84-year-old retired solicitor born in Bishop Auckland with a wife called Shirley and three children to be considered for a trip?
Gordon Hetherington
Great Ayton, North Yorkshire