Just because "they" tried that and it didn't work, doesn't mean doing something of that nature will never work. Plenty of things we now take for granted did no

Just because "they" tried that and it didn't work, doesn't mean doing something of that nature will never work. Plenty of things we now take for granted did not work in their original iterations. The reason they work today is because there were scientists and engineers who were willing to persevere in finding a solution despite them apparently not working.