Jack Parsons (rocket engineer) | Wikipedia audio article

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Parsons_(rocket_engineer) 00:03:56 1 Biography 00:04:05 1.1 Early life: 1914–34 00:10:04 1.2 GALCIT Rocket Research Group and the Kynette trial: 1934–38 00:18:12 1.3 Embracing Thelema; advancing JATO and foundation of Aerojet: 1939–42 00:31:02 1.4 Foundation of JPL and leading the Agape Lodge: 1942–44 00:40:48 1.5 L. Ron Hubbard and the Babalon Working: 1945–46 00:50:10 1.6 Work for Israelis and espionage accusations: 1946–52 01:00:21 1.7 Death: 1952 01:04:46 2 Personal life 01:04:55 2.1 Personality 01:06:47 2.2 Professional associations 01:07:20 3 Philosophy 01:07:29 3.1 Religious beliefs 01:10:52 3.2 Politics 01:15:47 4 Legacy and influence 01:24:16 5 Patents 01:24:24 6 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio: https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91 Other Wikipedia audio articles at: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts Upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts Speaking Rate: 0.8115597021614531 Voice name: en-AU-Wavenet-D "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= John Whiteside "Jack" Parsons (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons; October 2, 1914 – June 17, 1952) was an American rocket engineer and rocket propulsion researcher, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. Associated with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Parsons was one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Aerojet Engineering Corporation. 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 Avenue in Pasadena. Inspired by science fiction literature, he developed an interest in rocketry in his childhood and in 1928 began amateur rocket experiments with school friend Ed Forman. He dropped out of Pasadena Junior College and Stanford University due to financial difficulties during the Great Depression, and in 1934 he united with Forman and graduate student Frank Malina to form the Caltech-affiliated Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory (GALCIT) Rocket Research Grou