I used to believe that we lived inside the world, not on it. I thought there was the outer layer of the earth behind the sky, and once asked my dad how could space shuttles pierce through the thick layer of soil surrounding (!) the sky!
A childhood belief about outer space

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that being a tiger would be a job like plumber or layer. It was my dream job.— Dom
- I used to believe that we lived inside of the world. I asked my Dad who lived on the outside of the world. — Pauline
- I thought the airport was a place that you get chopped into pieces in order to go to outer space! lol!!!— I don't know why you get chopped...
- When I was really little I used to belief that fireworks dropped out of the sky from outer space.— davesgrl2001
- I used to think that up in outer space the sun was a gigantic baby that never grew up like in Teletubbies.— WeirdButProud
- As a child I used think if I jumped too high on a trampoline I'd be sucked up into outer space.— Jenn