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Jun 5, 2022 · The man who eventually came to be known as Jack Parsons was actually named Marvel Whiteside Parsons. Although he was called Jack for the majority of his life, his name was never legally changed from Marvel. Parsons was named after his father, Marvel.
Jun 17, 2022 · Seventy years ago Friday, on June 17, 1952, Jack Parsons—rocketry pioneer, self-proclaimed Antichrist, disciple of Aleister Crowley and explosives expert, whose work helped lead to the...
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.
Mar 8, 2006 · Jack Parsons Rocket Man | Science Features | Naked Scientists. Articles. Features. Jack Parsons and The Curious Tale of Rocketry in the 1930s. The story of rocketry pioneer John Parsons, who founded the Jet propulsion Lab... 08 March 2006. By George Pendle. GeorgePendle1_Figure_3a.jpg.
John Whiteside Parsons (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons; 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 Corporation.
Jun 22, 2018 · In 2002, frieze published an essay by George Pendle titled ‘ Strange Angels. ’ 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. Parsons’s life formed part of ‘a strange, Pynchonian ...
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.
