Intercontinental ballistic missile
TL;DR
Intercontinental ballistic missile - requires enrichment with adjacent possible narrative
R-7 Semyorka was both a military missile and a rocket that led to the development of the Vostok rockets, which launched Sputnik and the Vostok capsule into space
What Had To Exist First
Preceding Inventions
What This Enabled
Inventions that became possible because of Intercontinental ballistic missile:
Biological Patterns
Mechanisms that explain how this invention emerged and spread: