Little-known facts about ancient fantasy spacecraft

More than 300 years ago, people embraced the dream of conquering the universe with special means to set foot on the Moon.

In 1638, Puritans lived in New England. At this time, Italian astronomer, physicist, mathematician and philosopher Galileo was still alive.

In fact, Galileo made the first observations of the lunar surface through a telescope at least 30 years ago. So we can know that the Moon has changed like the surface of the Earth.

The idea of ​​the lander looking to the Moon utilizes the power of the super-powerful birds of Francis Godwin.

In the first story of a space trip in English literature, the bishop and historian Francis Godwin envisioned setting foot on the Moon by a remarkable means using the power of species. The bird is super strong. Godwin imagined an amphibious ship capable of sending humans to the Moon. Library of Congress has kept a number of images of the spacecraft imagined by historian Godwin.

The painting shows the idea of ​​flying into the air with the power of Cyrano de Bergerac's fireworks.

Cyrano de Bergerac is a famous 17th-century playwright who published a book on fireworks in 1657. The illustration for this book shows Bergerac ascending into the air on a ship. and surrounding smoke is exactly what happens around rocket launch into today's space.

The Italians also came up with the idea of ​​making an elevator to go straight to the Moon.

Even in Italy, in the period from 1830 - 1840, people also came up with the idea of ​​a space elevator that can put people on the Moon.