Expanding space

I have to admit that until I heard about the accident that killed twenty technicians yesterday I wasn't aware that Brazil had a developing space programme. It's interesting that while the 'pioneers' of going into space seem to be losing interest in it, other nations now see it as an area to develop, perhaps planning on following China into sending their own astronauts/cosmonauts/taikonauts into space. But what will they call them? It seems that one of the rights you get after sending someone into space is to give them your own name - China is using the term 'taikonaut', for instance.