Full record for reaction drive n.

Definition	a spaceship drive
OED requirements	antedating 1949
Earliest cite	T. Sturgeon 'Minority Report'
Comment	Bill Seabrook located and Mike Christie confirmed a 1949 cite from Theodore Sturgeon's "Minority Report". (Earliest cite in the OED: 1957)
Last modified	6 July, 2008

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1993 Sci. Fiction Age Jan. 42/2

Auxiliary systems, check. Prime reaction drive, check.