'BALLOONS: With balloons, we'll end up going to the moon. We're not about to control them.'
Gustave Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas (1870s)
Illustration, "Blanchard's Balloon" from Wonderful Ballon Ascents, took off on March 2, 1784 near the Ecole Militaire at Champ-de-Mars, Paris, France. Date: 1870. Source: Wikimedia Commons
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