The original YOLO space program! Wan Hu's legendary 16th-century attempt to reach the moon with a chair strapped to 47 rockets is basically the medieval version of "hold my beer and watch this." His ambitious DIY spacecraft combined the structural integrity of IKEA furniture with the explosive power of a Michael Bay movie. Physics wasn't exactly on his side—turns out rocket science is actually rocket science! While NASA spends billions on safety protocols, this dude just said "bamboo chair + gunpowder = moon trip" and lit the fuse. The fact that we're still talking about his spectacular failure centuries later proves that epic fails in the name of science never go out of style. He may not have reached the moon, but he definitely reached legendary status!
Long Live Wan Hu! Greatest Launch Of All Time
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