space age

plural space ages · alternative Space Age · alternative space-age

1. The period from the about the time of the launch of Sputnik in 1957 to the present day, during which people ventured into space.

   But for now, it's hard not to feel like the space age is over. It never really looked anything like the Jetsons promised.

   2011 July 21, “Good-bye to the Space Age?”, in New York Magazine

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   Just as we were beginning to feel comfortable about living in the space age, bold headlines in an I.B.M. advertisement told us “there's growing agreement that” we now are in the information age.

   1977 June 9, George McGovern, “The Information Age”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   There are six other Ballard stories and a fragment that deal with space in the early stories, but most of them confirm Ballard's own opinion that the space age is over in the public imagination.

   1985, Peter Brigg, J.G. Ballard, page 25

   When the space age ended, the alien age began. In the early 1990s, the Disney Corporation decided to close down its Mission to Mars ride

   2006, Gerard J. De Groot, Dark Side of the Moon: The Magnificent Madness of the American Lunar Quest, page 259

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1. Redolent of the space age; appearing futuristic or modern.

   A nation on the move needed a space age motif to express its enthusiasm.

   2001, Frank A. Salamone, Popular culture in the fifties, page 142

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   With its retro 1950s image of Space Age design, Maloof hopes his hotel-casino will become the city's latest hot spot

   2001 November 11, “Smooth operator”, in Las Vegas Review-Journal

   Finally, we may point to a rather narrower but truly space-age application.

   2003, Herbert Aron David, Haikady Navada Nagaraja, Order Statistics, 3rd edition, Wiley Interscience, page 3

   The Dodge Dart has long held a place in automotive lore for its sleek, space-age design and 16-year run as Chrysler's ultimate compact car, ending in 1976.

   2012 January 9, “Dodge Dart returns at Detroit Auto Show, 36 years after...”, in Christian Science Monitor

plural Space Ages

1. Alternative letter-case form of space age.