Full record for dirtside adv.

Definition	toward the surface of a planet
OED requirements	antedating 1957
Earliest cite	Robert A. Heinlein, 'Double Star'
Comment	Douglas Winston submitted a 1993 cite from John DeChancie's "The Kruton Interface". Douglas Winston submitted a cite from a 1985 reprint of Andre Norton's "Sargasso of Space"; we would like to verify this in the 1955 first edition. Enoch Forrester submitted a cite from a 1987 reprint of Greg Benford and David Brin's 1986 "Heart of the Comet". Douglas Winston submitted a 2003 cite from Holly Phillips' "The Gate Between Hope and Glory". Douglas Winston submitted cites from a reprint of Heinlein's 1957 "Double Star". Michael Dolbear submitted cites from a 1997 reprint of David Weber's 1996 "Honor Among Enemies"
Last modified	6 July, 2008

Citations for dirtside adv.

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1953 R. A. Heinlein Starman Jones (1975) x. 102	He went dirtside with Sam, dressed in his best and filled with curiosity.
1956 R. A. Heinlein Time for Stars x. 102	But somehow without its ever showing we were better chaperoned than is usual back dirtside.
1956 Astounding Sci. Fiction Feb. 10/1	If a man walks in dressed like a hick and acting as if he owned the place, he's a spaceman. It is a logical necessity. His profession makes him feel like boss of all creation; when he sets foot dirtside he is slumming among the peasants.
1987 C. Claremont FirstFlight iii. 37	People who couldn't cut life dirtside and fled to space the way men used to join the French Foreign Legion?
1993 D. Beason & K. J. Anderson Assemblers of Infinity i. 12	If the wizards back dirtside keep their part of the bargain, we could have a working fusion plant by early next year.