Kenneth Chang

@astroprofhoff @DrFunkySpoon Maybe. But drones are remote-controlled and a rocket is at least semi-autonomous.

@astroprofhoff @DrFunkySpoon “A drone cargo ship headed to the space station…” still sounds contorted to me. Closer.

@kchangnyt @DrFunkySpoon also I think anything new is going to sound a bit strange at first. I still cringe at "troop" = 1 soldier.

@kchangnyt @DrFunkySpoon But language changes. We should change it so we can say what we want, not let it limit what we say.

@kchangnyt @DrFunkySpoon It may be that NYT policy is to follow language trends, not lead them, in which case you are kinda stuck, I agree

@kchangnyt @DrFunkySpoon my take-away: we need to push for "uncrewed" to be added to dictionaries!

@astroprofhoff @DrFunkySpoon Suggestion of crewless by @astrokiwi is best so far. (auto-correct however keeps changing it to crewels.)

@kchangnyt @DrFunkySpoon @astrokiwi agree, excellent option. Is it feasible for you?