Long before space flight was possible , the human imagination was already charting a course through the whizz . Our ideas have been varied and fanciful . TheLibrary of Congressrecently pick up some of these notional place vehicles , which go all the room back to the 1630s .
Space Birds (1638)
Galileo ’s watching of the moon open up a whole new proportion for fanciful travelog . In Francis Godwin ’s 1638 The Man in the Moone , a Spanish noble discovers birds of super strong suit that take him first around an island — and eventually to the moon .
Cyrano de Bergerac and Fireworks (1657)
The big - nosed Frenchman ’s imaginary journey to the moon was powered by firework — quite resembling a modern spaceship blasting off into blank space .
Sail Boat/Space Elevator Mashup (1835)
Edison ’s Conquest of Mars ( 1889 )
Who says scientists ca n’t be superheroes ? In a scientific discipline fiction history in 1889 , a fictional Thomas Edison invents an anti - gravity twist and disintegrator ray of light to help worldling approach Mars .
take more about imaginary infinite ship onInside Adams , the Library of Congress ’s blog on science , technology , and business . [ Library of Congress ]
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