[rdtsc]

> Unless we think gods, talking animals, totems, spirits are real we've learned that many stories are embellished.

Notice, I prefixed it with "unless we think...". Surprisingly some of us do think, so then the statement doesn't apply there. And I suspect this forum is not appropriate to convince otherwise.

> So what is your explanation for the spacefaring journeys through the solar system found within ancient Hindu texts?

Right. Well ancient aliens apparently. It was on History Channel after all.

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My point is that space travel would have been considered high fantasy aka impossible during previous eras of scientific reasoning.

And yet now we know that it is indeed possible, and are close to achieving it ourselves.