| 1953 R. A. Heinlein Starman Jones (1975) x. 102
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He went dirtside with Sam, dressed in his best and filled with curiosity.
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| 1956 R. A. Heinlein Time for Stars x. 102
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But somehow without its ever showing we were better chaperoned than is usual back dirtside.
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| 1956 Astounding Sci. Fiction Feb. 10/1
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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.
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| 1987 C. Claremont FirstFlight iii. 37
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People who couldn't cut life dirtside and fled to space the way men used to join the French Foreign Legion?
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| 1987 C. Claremont FirstFlight iii. 34
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There were three complete sets of spares, but since there was time they decided to grab the new unit from dirtside storage and took the shuttle down, leaving Nicole the only one aboard.
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| 1993 D. Beason & K. J. Anderson Assemblers of Infinity i. 12
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If the wizards back dirtside keep their part of the bargain, we could have a working fusion plant by early next year.
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| 1994 L. M. Bujold Mirror Dance i. 19
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The third crate, smaller than the second, proved to contain a set of half-armor, lacking built-in weapons and not meant for space, but rather for dirtside combat under normal or near-normal pressure, temperature, and atmospheric conditions.
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| 2006 S. M. Stirling Sky People i. 21,
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I know three months in zero-G makes you feel like a boiled noodle when you get back dirtside.
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