Full record for prespace adj.

Definition	=prespaceflight
OED requirements	antedating 1949
Earliest cite	'Rene LaFayette', 'The Emperor of the Universe'
Comment	Ralf Brown located and Douglas Winston submitted a 1977 cite from George Zebrowski's "Ashes and Stars". Jeff Prucher submitted a cite from a 1994 reprint of Cordwainer Smith's "Norstrilia". Jeff Prucher submitted a 2000 cite from a reprint of David Weber and Steve White's 1997 "In Death Ground". Fred Galvin submitted a 1949 cite from "Rene LaFayette"'s (L. Ron Hubbard's) "The Emperor of the Universe".
Last modified	6 July, 2008

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1977 G. Zebrowski Ashes & Stars 7

A hundred thousand worlds circle their suns here, many of them earth-like; others are too young for intelligent life to have developed; some cradle pre-space humanoid cultures; still others have in-system space travel; many are dead worlds.