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34: 195:, whom he married in 1946. After Hubbard stole his life savings, Parsons resigned from the OTO and went through various jobs while acting as a consultant for Israel's rocket program. Amid the climate of 203:
and left unable to work in rocketry. Parsons died in a home laboratory explosion at the age of 37; the police ruled it an accident, but many associates suspected suicide or murder.
152:(JATO) for the U.S. military, and upon this expansion renamed themselves the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In 1942 they founded Aerojet to develop and sell their JATO technology. 21: 222: 137: 82: 176: 206: 42: 145: 17: 86: 141: 164: 121: 55: 172: 168: 105: 125: 78: 33: 70: 192: 160: 129: 113: 184: 109: 180: 216: 117: 133: 196: 97: 101: 74: 167:. In 1941 he joined the Agape Lodge, the Californian branch of the Thelemite 200: 171:(OTO). At Crowley's bidding, he took over the position of lodge leader from 136:
to form the Caltech-affiliated GALCIT Rocket Research Group, supported by
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literature, he developed an early interest in rocketry and in 1928 began
188: 156: 90: 63: 59: 66: 149: 187:, a series of rituals designed to invoke the Thelemic goddess 159:, in 1939 Parsons converted to Thelema, the English occultist 85:(Caltech), and was one of the principal founders of both the 32: 73:
research and development, he was the inventor of the first
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solid-propellant rocket. He was affiliated with the
50:; October 2, 1914 – June 17, 1952), better known as 191:to Earth. Parsons continued the procedure with 104:, Parsons was raised into a wealthy family in 8: 128:due to financial difficulties during the 144:. In 1939 they gained funding from the 175:in 1942 and ran it from his manor on 7: 138:Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory 83:California Institute of Technology 28: 120:. He was forced to drop out of 91:Aerojet Engineering Corporation 1: 155:After a brief involvement in 179:, Pasadena. With his friend 146:National Academy of Sciences 239: 223:Greater Los Angeles portal 114:amateur rocket experiments 18:Portal:Greater Los Angeles 87:Jet Propulsion Laboratory 48:Marvel Whiteside Parsons 122:Pasadena Junior College 165:new religious movement 43:John Whiteside Parsons 38: 150:Jet-Assisted Take Off 36: 173:Wilfred Talbot Smith 169:Ordo Templi Orientis 177:Orange Grove Avenue 142:Theodore von Kármán 126:Stanford University 116:with school friend 199:he was accused of 54:, was an American 39: 22:Selected biography 71:solid-fuel rocket 230: 193:Marjorie Cameron 161:Aleister Crowley 130:Great Depression 238: 237: 233: 232: 231: 229: 228: 227: 213: 212: 185:Babalon Working 110:science fiction 69:. A pioneer in 56:rocket engineer 30: 26: 25: 24: 12: 11: 5: 236: 234: 226: 225: 215: 214: 181:L. Ron Hubbard 108:. Inspired by 89:(JPL) and the 27: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 235: 224: 221: 220: 218: 211: 210: 209: 204: 202: 198: 194: 190: 186: 183:he began the 182: 178: 174: 170: 166: 162: 158: 153: 151: 147: 143: 139: 135: 131: 127: 123: 119: 118:Edward Forman 115: 111: 107: 103: 99: 94: 92: 88: 84: 80: 76: 72: 68: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 44: 35: 31: 23: 19: 207: 205: 154: 134:Frank Malina 95: 52:Jack Parsons 51: 47: 41: 40: 37:Jack Parsons 29: 197:McCarthyism 148:to work on 98:Los Angeles 102:California 201:espionage 140:chairman 79:composite 67:occultist 64:Thelemite 217:Category 106:Pasadena 96:Born in 75:castable 20:‎ | 208:More... 189:Babalon 157:Marxism 60:chemist 62:, and 46:(born 16:< 124:and 77:, 163:'s 219:: 100:, 93:. 58:,

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Portal:Greater Los Angeles
Selected biography
Jack Parsons
John Whiteside Parsons
rocket engineer
chemist
Thelemite
occultist
solid-fuel rocket
castable
composite
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Aerojet Engineering Corporation
Los Angeles
California
Pasadena
science fiction
amateur rocket experiments
Edward Forman
Pasadena Junior College
Stanford University
Great Depression
Frank Malina
Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory
Theodore von Kármán
National Academy of Sciences
Jet-Assisted Take Off
Marxism
Aleister Crowley

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