Spacefaring
Pronunciation
- US IPA: /ˈspeɪsfærɪŋ/
Origin
By analogy with seafaring
Adjective
spacefaring- (of a nation) Engaged in the building and launching of vehicles into space.
- 1985, Krafft Arnold Ehricke, Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century, Lunar and Planetary Institute, ISBN 0942862023, page 830:If God wanted man to become a spacefaring species, He would have given man a moon.