An 1827 spaceshipSourced
Coat the ship in metal
that pushes against gravity.
In the 1827 novel A Voyage to the Moon, a fictional anti-gravity metal lifts an airtight craft toward the Moon. The story also gives its travelers an air supply and protection from space's cold.
Imaginary propulsion,
practical worries about air.
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