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- In 1928 the pair—adopting the Latin motto per aspera ad astra (through hardship to the stars)—began engaging in homemade gunpowder-based rocket experiments in the nearby Arroyo Seco canyon, as well as the Parsons family's back garden, which left it pockmarked with craters from explosive test failures.
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In 1999, Feral House published the biography Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons by John Carter, who opined that Parsons had accomplished more in under five years of research than Robert H. Goddard had in his lifetime, and said that his role in the development of rocket technology had been neglected by historians of science; [199 ...
3 days ago · Jack Parsons, born Marvel Whiteside Parsons, was an American rocket engineer and chemist. His contributions to rocket science and his unconventional lifestyle make him a fascinating figure. 01 Born on October 2, 1914, in Los Angeles, California, Parsons grew up in a wealthy family. 02 He co-founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the ...
Oct 13, 2014 · Jack Parsons advocated rocket propulsion for spaceflight when most thought rockets were sci-fi. He co-founded the Jet Propulsion Lab, which Nasa later took over. With two colleagues, he won the first US government-backed rocket propulsion research grant since the First World War and soon after gave the US military jet-assisted take-off (JATO ...
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.
Mar 8, 2006 · When Jack Parsons began shooting off homemade rockets in his backyard in the 1920s the very opposite was the case. Rocketry, or the study of rockets, was not only not a science, it had not even been coined [i] as a word yet.
Nov 15, 2022 · Inspired by science fiction literature, he developed an interest in rocketry in his childhood and in 1928 began amateur rocket experiments with school friend Edward S. Forman.
Jack Parsons, whose centenary falls in October 2014, was undeniably a founding father of the US rocket industry. The article presents a biography of Jack Parsons and his work in the development of rocket propulsion.
