When I was growing up in the 50s I thought we had reached the Moon - well, it seemed so close! I was delighted to find it might actually happen in my lifetime - and, of course, it did. I am now a space buff, and sometimes think the history of spaceflight has simply been a matter of reality catching up with my childish misconceptions!
A childhood belief about technology
others believed things like this
- i used to think that the moon would follow you in the car, also that it looked like a half moon.— natalie k
- I used to believe that Moon is the kid of Sun, because it has less light and Moon smiles with kids. — Syed Arbab Ahmed
- I used to think that growing pains meant that a tomato plant was growing in your stomach.— Annette
- i used to think that vacuum cleaners had little piece of space inside them because space is a vacuumAnon
- I always saw a crocodile on the moon, none of this man-in-the-moon nonsenseAnon
- My sister thought that she could video me by simply inserting the VHS tape into the VCR sideways.
Anon