Jesse Sheidlower
A matched set of 3 new entries for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction! For "earthport", "marsport", & "moonport", (usually capitalized as the name of) spaceports in those places. 1930s–. sfdictionary.com/view/3029/ea... sfdictionary.com/view/3030/ma... sfdictionary.com/view/3028/mo...

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"moonport" substantially antedates the OED entry; in passing I also found (and of course sent in) an antedating for the (non-SFnal) sense 'a place for launching rockets to the moon'.