Full record for space-burned adj.

Definition	tanned to the point of burning from being in space
OED requirements	antedating 1946
Earliest cite	Richard S. Shaver, "Earth Slaves to Space"
Comment	Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a 1977 reprint of Leigh Brackett's 1944 "The Veil of Astellar". Fred Galvin submitted a 1969 cite from Bryce Walton's "Troubling of a Star". Fred Galvin submitted a 1963 cite from Jerome Bixby's "The Bad Life". Fred Galvin submitted a 1946 cite from Richard S. Shaver's "Earth Slaves to Space"
Last modified	3 September, 2009

Citations for space-burned adj.

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1969 B. Walton Troubling of Star in Venture Sci. Fiction Mag. May 98/1	His shaven head and face, in contrast to Rubin's hollow-eyed pallor, was space-burned to dark mahogany.
1977 L. Brackett Veil of Astellar in Best of Leigh Brackett ii. 86	His hair was as black as mine used to be, his skin space-burned dark and leathery.
1991 K. Laumer Judson's Eden 17	As always, the sight of the space-burned tugs and shuttles in their ranked cradles in the ready area gave him a lift of spirits no loess than the majestic bulk of the great deep-space hulls across the field, before the bright-lit service hangers.