Donald Kingsbury

floater n.	1994 D. Kingsbury Heroic Myth Lieutenant Nora Argamentine in L. Niven et al. Man-Kzin Wars VI iii. 18 The gravitic floater raced over grassways that blended into masking treescapes.
space legs n.	1978 D. Kingsbury To Bring In Steel in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact July vi. 31/1 Woman and child were given a spartan room in the low orbit Rockwell Station. [...] Five days of concentrated effort to put her space legs together finally hit Lisa Maria with the incredible gut realization that she was forever free of Nick, her great love, the man who had made a woman of her. Suddenly there was no way to stop grinning.
starbase n.	1994 D. Kingsbury Heroic Myth Lieutenant Nora Argamentine in L. Niven et al. Man-Kzin Wars VI xviii. 174 The Young Women’s Auxiliary needed twenty girls who were looking for a disciplined and rewarding experience at Barnard’s Starbase.