Yes I'm hearing ya MK.

A few years ago I was listening to a well known scientist / lecturer explain how
placing three or four astronauts on top of a huge cylinder full of explosive materials
and firing them out into space is "stupid" and "lacks vision". And I agree.

We need the to consult the dudes who built the pyramids and Easter Island statues etc
cause they seemed to get around the "friction thing" and I believe used some form of weightlessness
techniques - but I'm also guessing if it were that successful, they probably would still be using them today.
For me. there's your real missing link. Somebody or something created a block to stop those methods
from being passed on through the generations and they have been completely lost.

They weren't just relying on tools on planet earth, there was something else they were connecting with
outside of earths atmosphere. But hey, just my own "shot in the dark" :-)