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John Whiteside Parsons (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons; [nb 1] October 2, 1914 – June 17, 1952) was an American rocket engineer, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. Associated with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Parsons was one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Aerojet Engineering ...
Apr 23, 2014 · Jack Parsons was a founding member of Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab, with some calling him one of the 'fathers of rocketry', but you won't find much about him on Nasa's websites.
Jan 2, 2015 · The Occult Rocket Scientist Who Conjured Spirits with L. Ron Hubbard. Born 100 years ago, Jack Parsons seemed devoted to reconciling opposites, smashing together the technical and the spiritual...
Jun 5, 2022 · Jack Parsons has been called the father of rocketry. Born in 1914, the term "rocket scientist" did not even exist. His childhood experimentation with explosives led him to co-found what would become the Jet Propulsion Laboratory before he was 25 years old. JPL went on to build the space crafts that launched the United States into the Space Age.
Jun 17, 2022 · Was the blast that killed rocketry pioneer Jack Parsons, whose work helped lead to the founding of JPL, an accident, murder or suicide?
Jun 25, 2022 · Seventy years ago, on June 17, 1952, Jack Parsons—rocketry pioneer, self-proclaimed Antichrist, disciple of Aleister Crowley and explosives expert, whose work helped lead to the founding of the...
May 8, 2023 · Jack Parsons, one of the “suicide squad” trio of young rocket-boy founders of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, had an improbable extracurricular life.
Jun 22, 2018 · ’ Taking readers back to pre-war Los Angeles, Pendle told the bizarre-but-true story of John (‘Jack’) Whiteside Parsons, the autodidact rocket scientist whose work laid the foundations for space travel.
Jack Parsons, an explosives expert, pioneer in rocket propulsion, and follower of the thelemic magic of Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), was born Marvel Whiteside Parsons, the son of Marvel and Ruth Whiteside Parsons in Los Angeles, California, on October 2, 1914.
May 18, 2023 · Jack Parsons: King of the Rocket Men by Colin Bennett, illustrated by Kieron Dwyer, from Fortean Times #132. Hubbard and the Babalon Working. You may also wish to follow the ' Jack Parsons ' tag at the Hermetic Library blog.
