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There was a crazy german bomber in WW2 (another of the frantic super-weapons that never got developed) called the America Bomber that was supposed to do the same thing: one-way bomber that would get up in space and bounce on the stratosphere around the world.
This project was along with the Me262(first jet), the Go229(wood! radar-proof delta shape jet much like the stealth), the V1(first ramjet), and the V2(first ICBM) amoung others.
Tech junkies should also check out Nicolai Tesla, who's vision back in 1930s was a free worldwide wireless communications infrastructure(umm...the internet?).
Amoung his accomplishments was
-the first AC hydro-electric plant at Niagara Falls (Edison tried to make DC electrical grids work and used AC to fry dogs as an example of how dangerous his rivals tech was)
-the florescent bulb
-the radio (Marconi worked for him and stole the idea. Teslas patent was first and more complex)
-continuous artificial lightning 112 feet high going up from the earth
-the death-ray currently being developed for tommorowsanti-missle satelites
-a pocket sized earthquake machine
-the static charge machine where on can saftley shoot out of their fingertips
-probably a bunch of other things
-and of course, the Tesla coil which powers your car.
Sadly, he died pennyless and alone, and wasen't even mentioned in the Smithsonian until recently
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Meanwhile other things are still happening.
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