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e. 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 ...
- Marvel Whiteside Parsons, October 2, 1914, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- June 17, 1952 (aged 37), Pasadena, California, U.S.
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 ...
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
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Mar 12, 2024 · Jack Parsons practiced the occult and led a sex cult. He was also one of history’s most important rocket scientists. Jack Parsons standing above a jet-assisted take-off canister at JPL’s test site in the Arroyo Seco, Los Angeles County. Jack Parsons was a brilliant rocket scientist, but he lived a wild lifestyle.
Jun 17, 2022 · Jack Parsons at the trial of LAPD’s Earl Kynette. Seventy years ago Friday, on June 17, 1952, Jack Parsons—rocketry pioneer, self-proclaimed Antichrist, disciple of Aleister Crowley and ...
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. The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. John “Jack” Whiteside Parsons’s life seems too improbable to be believed. But it’s all there in the biographies, Sex and ...
Jun 22, 2018 · Jack Parsons in 1938, holding the replica car bomb used in the murder trial of police officer Captain Earl Kynette. Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons. Dan Fox What, in a nutshell, is the Jack Parsons tale? George Pendle Jack Parsons wanted to travel to the moon but the scientific establishment thought this was impossible. So, inspired by the pulp ...
