The nay-sayers in Columbus’s day were saying that the voyage would take them off the edge of he earth or get them swallowed up by monsterous sea animals. Scurvy was a common result of long days at sea, which this mission required and men little understood. Yes, the three ships on this voyage were an experiment to prove the theory that it could be done. It is called human progress.
Your example is still a false analogy.
Hoss