space taxi n.
a small spacecraft designed for short-distance ferrying of passengers
Vehicles
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1941
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Arthur K. Barnes
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The space taxis traveling from Hollywood on the Moon to the big bloated gambling ships detoured so their passengers could get a look at the phenomenon.
Trouble on Titan in Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb. xi. 49/1 -
1944
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Wilbur S. Peacock
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I never stopped to think that you might not like the job of playing space taxi with me.
Chimera World in Planet Stories Winter 64/2 -
1957
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Henry Slesar
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Three weeks later, the space taxi Gremlin arrived without ceremony at the invisibly-spinning turret of one of the Wheel’s two landing stations.
Tailor-Made Killers in Fantastic Science-Fiction Aug. 94/1 -
1961
Lester del Rey
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A sausage-shaped space taxi was approaching the ship from the Station.
Moon of Mutiny 52 -
1969
Mitchell R. Sharpe
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Despite the weightless environment, heavy work of this type may require a small vehicle that is variously called a space tug, space taxi, or bottlesuit.
Living in Space viii. 185 -
1985
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Michael McCollum
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She followed Davidson to a berth operated by one of the three space taxi services that transported passengers and cargo between Von Braun and outlying ships.
Procyon’s Promise 101 -
2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 8 June
Then, instead of operating its own systems, like the space shuttles, NASA would buy rides for its astronauts on these commercial space taxis.
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Research requirements
antedating 1941
Earliest cite
A.K. Barnes, in Thrilling Wonder Stories
Research History
OED has a 1952 cite from Willy Ley, under "taxi".Jesse Sheidlower submitted a 1944 cite from W. S. Peacock in Planet Stories.
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