This is the story about one of the fathers of modern rocketry and a founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory which still leads the way in the development of rockets and the exploration of space. Its founder, Jack Parsons, was also an ...See moreThis is the story about one of the fathers of modern rocketry and a founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory which still leads the way in the development of rockets and the exploration of space. Its founder, Jack Parsons, was also an occultist and a sorcerer who followed the teachings of Aleister Crowley. After repeated investigations by the FBI, he died at the age of 38 in a mysterious explosion that made headlines around the US. Officially it was a tragic scientific accident - other interpretations of the event persist to this day.
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