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KineticLensman 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Epitaph – Fermi Paradox Simulator

If by steam engine you mean ‘kettle with no pressure valves mounted on an axle’, yes. But the aeolipile was in no way a functional engine that could do useful work.

Leszek 8 months ago [–]

13th-century Chinese rockets weren't landing on the moon either so both are simplifications.

bluGill 8 months ago | [–]

13 century Chinese rockets were useful weapons or war though.

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