marsport n.
a spaceport on Mars
Usually as a proper name.
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1931
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J. Harvey Haggard
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He…pushed forward the blue square of crinkled paper…. [to:] INTERPLANETARY EARTHPORT [message:] IMPORTANT STOP DETAIN ALL SPACECRAFT LEAVING EARTH…[signed:] COMMANDER MARSPORT.
An Adventure on Eros in Wonder Stories Sept. 548/1 -
1937
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Ross Rocklynne
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In a fever of anxiety, he left the ship at Marsport, rocketed in a single passenger ship across the dull deserts, and followed a main canal to the capitol.
Water for Mars in Astounding Stories Apr. ii. 17/1 -
1947
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George O. Smith
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He went to bed and, the next morning, dropped his ship at Marsport.
Quest to Centaurus in Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr. 81/1 -
1955
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Robert Sheckley
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I drove down to Marsport a few hours after the Earth ship landed. [Ibid. 88/1] I climbed in my jeep and drove to Marsport. I had quite a few harsh words to say to the captain of the space freighter who had allowed Franklin on board.
Deadhead in Galaxy Magazine July 81/1 -
1965
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Frederik Pohl
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He knew this part of Marsport less well than almost any of the rest of the red planet, but recognized this rundown corridor as a slum.
Under Two Moons in Worlds of If Sept. 9/2 -
1974
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Phyllis Gotlieb
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DeLazzari watched the TV news, followed the courses of battles over the world and on Moonbase and Marsport, and made book with himself on where his next casualties would be coming from.
The Military Hospital in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 52/1 -
1998
Bud Sparhawk
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I have to admit that I was a little overwhelmed by the bureaucrats at Marsport. Took me four days to fill out all the waivers and get them processed. And the fees!
Olympus Mons! in Analog Science Fiction & Fact Feb. 16/1 -
2022
Jen Downes
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I’d learn the trade, score my license before I was twenty—see Marsport and Darkside, Ceres, Pallermo, and the Solomons in the Belt. I couldn’t wait.
The Way Back in Analog Science Fiction & Fact Jan.–Feb. 99/2
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antedating 1931
Earliest cite
J. Harvey Haggard, in Wonder Stories
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