Editing Spaceship (section)

== History of Spaceflight ==
Serious speculation of manned spacecraft began in the 19th century. Initially, the ideas were with launching people into space in shells by means of a giant cannon. But that would have the disadvantage of turning anyone aboard the projectile into anchovy paste after firing, to say nothing of deceleration.

On October 8th, 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first man-made object into space, on April 12th 1961 they followed this up by sending Yuri Gagarin into space on Vostok 1. This sparked a Space Race between the US and USSR and culminating in the Apollo 11 landing on the moon. 

Nowadays, most spacecraft are unmanned satellites for scientific or economic purposes like the Hubble Space Telescope, GPS, or the ISS. More recent interest has been kicked off in the private sector or newly industrialized countries seeking to make their mark in history. Interests currently range from resource mining on the Moon or asteroid belt, space tourism for the uber wealthy, and/or drone missions to other planets in hopes of someday sending astronauts to them.