Thanks BaalSechal!
According to R’Yonason Eibeschitz (tiferes yonason) the generation of Migdal Bavel did not want to build a TOWER to reach the sky, as they would have to build a foundation bigger than the whole world. They only wanted to be saved from any future flood by building …..youre not gonna beleive this…a SPACESHIP to bring them to the moon!
NOTE: R’ Yonason Eibeschitz passed away about 250 years ago…
waaay before startrek, Neil Armstrong, and…..and…uh…and Steve Jobs(?)