I used to believe that whenever the space shuttle launched, it made a hole in the atmosphere, which I imagined was similar to a giant eggshell. For many years, I wondered how long it took for the hole to close, and why all the air on Earth didn't leak out!
A childhood belief about outer space

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you dig a hole in the ground and put pepper in the hole, the ground would sneeze.— Cookie
- I used to believe that a cat's butt hole was on the tip of his tail.— PANTS
- My Mom used to tell us that if you bit your fingernails, they would cut a hole in your stomach.— Linda B
- I used to believe that mountains were giant camels that God put under the earth.— flip4smith
- i used to belive that god was a giant police man flying around the earth— sam
- I had a little hole in the wall under my bed when I was little and I thought that Fraggles lived in there.....— Tina