Since more than 300 years ago, people have embraced the dream of conquering the universe by special means to be able to set foot on the Moon.
In 1638, the Puritans were still living in New England. At this time, the Italian astronomer, physicist, mathematician and philosopher Galileo was still alive.
In fact, Galileo made the first observations of the Moon’s surface through a telescope at least 30 years ago. So we can know that the Moon has changed like the Earth’s surface.
Francis Godwin’s idea of a lander looking to the Moon using the power of super strong birds.
In the first story of space travel in English literature, the bishop and historian Francis Godwin envisioned setting foot on the Moon by a means of superior ability, using the powers of other species. super strong bird. Godwin imagined a lander capable of sending humans to the Moon. The Library of Congress has kept a number of images of the spaceship that historian Godwin imagined.
The painting represents the idea of flying into the air by the power of fireworks by Cyrano de Bergerac.
Cyrano de Bergerac was a famous seventeenth-century playwright who published a book about fireworks in 1657. The illustration for this book shows Bergerac ascending through the air in a ship. and surrounded by clouds of smoke exactly like what happens around rocket launches into space today.
The Italians also came up with the idea of making an elevator to go directly to the Moon.
Even in Italy, in the period from 1830 to 1840, people also came up with the idea of a space elevator that could take people to the Moon.