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Born in Los Angeles, Parsons was raised by a wealthy family on Orange Grove Boulevard in Pasadena, California. 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 Forman.
23. Apr. 2014 · Apr 23, 2014 8:53 AM. Occultist father of rocketry 'written out' of Nasa's history. Shutterstock. Parsons came to believe in magic, a force that he felt could be explained through quantum physics.
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.
22. Juni 2018 · George Pendle Jack Parsons wanted to travel to the moon but the scientific establishment thought this was impossible. So, inspired by the pulp science fiction he was reading the 20-something Parsons built rockets in his backyard, inventing the science of rocketry as he went along and co-founding the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
8. März 2006 · The fantastical, tragic and largely unknown story of John Whiteside Parsons is one of the most intriguing tales to be found in the annals of modern science... His life brings together the seemingly disparate worlds of rocketry, science fiction and the occult. Yet for Parsons there was never any contradiction in these subjects.
2. Okt. 2020 · October 2, 2020. Jack Whiteside Parsons, an American rocketeer, was born Oct. 2, 1914. On Oct. 31, 1936, Parsons teamed up with Frank Malina, a Caltech graduate student, and three others to successfully ignite a small solid-fuel rocket in an isolated area of Pasadena known as Arroyo Seco.
John „Jack“ Whiteside Parsons (* 2. Oktober 1914; † 17. Juni 1952, Geburtsname Marvel Whiteside Parsons) war ein US-amerikanischer Raketenantriebsforscher des California Institute of Technology und Mitbegründer des Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) und der Aerojet Corporation.
