The moon landing was an epochal event not only for the Americans but for the entire world. The main topic of discussion will be whether or not humans had the ability to send a man to the Moon before 1969. The question that will be explored will be whether scientists of the era of Greek and Roman philosophers and scientists and whether he accepted the scientific experimentation of physical ideas and had been able to accept the failures of previous scientists, space travel would have been possible in the 16th century. A person who believed that space travel was possible before the first Moon landing would have to abandon the assumption that 17th century scientists and philosophers understood how the Moon works and how gravitational forces act on the Moon and Earth. Greek astronomers and philosophers believed that the Earth was the center of the universe and that gravity was thought to pull all things to the center of the universe. Finally, the heavens were perfect places, they were immutable and perfect spheres. This ended up being proven wrong by astronomers like Copernicus, Kepler, and Tycho and their challenges to the Earth or geocentric model. Travel to the Moon would have been impossible long before the first moon landing in 1969. This is because the first telescope was only invented in 1609 by Hans Lippershey, and the moon was first observed with a telescope in 1610 by Galileo. All these things combined would make it very unlikely that a moon rocket would have been launched much earlier. Early astronomers did not have sufficient technology to make such advances. Even if they had the knowledge to make such a leap into the universe, it would have been nearly impossible... middle of paper... ff. If scientists and researchers had used this method better, liquid fuel rockets could have had the potential to be developed much earlier. The space race between the Soviet Union and the United States, which began during the Cold War, would be the first push towards man's arrival on the Moon. It was not until 1957 that the Spudnik, an artificial object, was the first object to orbit the Earth. This fueled the drive towards exploration of the universe and the need to send a man to the Moon. The launch of Spudnik proved that putting objects into space was possible and was the first step in putting humans into space. The United States finally achieved its goal and sent not only a spaceship but also humans to the Moon. This would not have been possible without the dedication and life work of many ancient and modern astronomers, philosophers, and scientists.