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Jack Parsons, American chemist, occultist, and engineer (died 1952)

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John Whiteside Parsons was an American rocket engineer, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. Parsons was one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Aerojet. He invented the first rocket engine to use a castable, composite rocket propellant, and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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