Jack Parsons

John Whiteside (Jack) Parsons (October 2, 1914–June 17, 1952), born Marvel Whiteside Parsons, was a rocket propulsion researcher at the California Institute of Technology and co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Aerojet Corporation. His research was central to the United States rocket program in the 1930s and 1940s, notably in the development of space-capable rocket fuels and the invention of JATO units for aircraft.

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• The Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Aerojet corporation
• Sex and Rockets - The Occult World of Jack Parsons by John Carter. Introduction by Robert Anton Wilson.
• Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons by George Pendle
• Rotten.com bio