spacefaring
See also: space-faring
English
Etymology
space + faring, by analogy with seafaring.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
spacefaring (not comparable)
- Engaged in the building and launching of vehicles into space.
- 1985, Krafft Ehricke, Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century, Lunar and Planetary Institute, →ISBN, page 830:
- If God wanted man to become a spacefaring species, He would have given man a moon.
- 1985, Krafft Ehricke, Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century, Lunar and Planetary Institute, →ISBN, page 830:
Noun
spacefaring (uncountable)
- (The practice of) spaceflight.