Tangentially related and may be of interest, I was recently reading about the Ramayana (or Ramakien), and reference to "Vimana"[1] ancient flying ship-palaces.

Tangentially related and may be of interest, I was recently reading about the Ramayana (or Ramakien), and reference to "Vimana"[1] ancient flying ship-palaces. Compare contrast Lucian of Samosata's "True History", sometimes considered the prototypical sci-fi story, describes a lunar voyage borne on wind and water (I am reminded of a taller ladder to the moon), "a waterspout suddenly came upon us, which swept the ship round and up to a height of some three hundred and fifty miles above the earth. She did not fall back into the sea, but was suspended aloft, and at the same time carried along by a wind which struck and filled the sails...it was an island with air for sea, glistening, spherical, and bathed in light"[2] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimana 2. https://lucianofsamosata.info/TheTrueHistory.html https://lucianofsamosata.info/TheTrueHistory.html