Gerald98053 t1_j6ar4zw wrote
The pauses in space exploration after Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia and Soyuz 1, Soyuz 11 and the Cosmodrome were all relatively brief. We’ve experienced disaster in space travel and to some extent have accepted that it will occur. There are always the naysayers who declare any disaster the occasion to quit.
Likely people declared loudly in 1522 that the loss of Magellan and most of his crew should put a permanent end to sailing ships.
TheGreatestOutdoorz t1_j6bax7i wrote
But Magellan didn’t die from a sailing issue. He died because he was an evil, stupid dipshit who thought a few dozen men could face two thousand and win. He fucked around and found out.
pmMeAllofIt t1_j6bihsb wrote
Lapulapu's forces being 1500+ is a extremely heavy overexaggeration, the censuses from that century show it would only be a small fraction of that number.
And he wasnt stupid for thinking he could win; a small armored force defeating a large force of indigenous tribes isn't that rare, if anything this should have been an easy victory. Lapulapu was just a better tactician, or more so Magellan was a poor tactician.
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