... Credit Copyright: The Apollo Program , NASA ( image scanned by J.L. Pickering) Explanation: In 1865 Jules Verne predicted the invention of a space capsule that could carry people. In his science fiction story "From the Earth to the Moon" , he outlined his vision of a cannon in Florida so powerful that it could shoot a "Projectile-Vehicle" carrying three adventurers to the Moon . Over 100 years later, NASA , guided by Wernher Von Braun 's vision, produced the Saturn V rocket . ...