Wan Hu allegedly gathered 47 rockets and 47 rocket assistants, fixed a chair and two kites to the rocket setup.
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The Space Race might have begun in the middle of the 20th century, but that doesn’t mean humans never thought about the moon – or how to get there. Unfortunately, scientists understood so little about the space outside the Earth, other planets, or even flying heavier-than-air airplanes that clouds were out of reach, let alone the moon.
