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He invented the first rocket engine to use a castable, composite rocket propellant, and pioneered the advancement of both liquid-fuel and solid-fuel rockets. Born in Los Angeles, Parsons was raised by a wealthy family on Orange Grove Boulevard in Pasadena, California.
2. Jan. 2015 · The Occult Rocket Scientist Who Conjured Spirits with L. Ron Hubbard. Jack Parsons (right foreground) and colleagues prepare for their second-ever rocket engine test in Pasadena, November...
Parsons made major contributions to rocket development, particularly in the area of solid fuel propellant. The solid motors on the Space Shuttle and the motors in the Minuteman missile were based on the solid propellant technology that he invented.
23. Apr. 2014 · One of the group's key innovations was developing Jet-Assisted Take Off (JATO) engines for the US Air Corps, with Parsons developing a restricted burning solid rocket fuel that was stable...
8. März 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.
The proposal was to use Parson’s knowledge and experience with explosives gained while working at the Hercules powder company and Forman’s mechanical skills to build rocket motors for sounding rocket experiments surpassing the reachable altitudes of 25 miles by meteorological balloons. [5] .
13. Okt. 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.
