• An illustration from a science fiction novel featuring the interior of a rocket. A human is inside the warhead section with an animal next to the human on a seat.
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    Jules Verne’s 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon featured a gigantic cannon in Florida that fired a capsule around the Moon. While this made for a good story, the visionaries knew the huge acceleration would have crushed Verne’s travelers.

  • An illustration from a science fiction novel featuring the interior of a rocket. A human is inside the warhead section with an animal next to the human on a seat.

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