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Episode 290 - Jack Parsons: The Occultist Sex-Crazed Father of Modern Rocketry

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The Life and Times of Jack and the Suicide Squad

In August 1941, shortly after Jack joined Thelma, the suicide squad made history by making the first plane ever. But their fuel was still too unstable, no matter how much glue they put in it. Fortunately, Jack's incredible intuition and probably help from Satan led him to something that nobody had ever before considered. He decided to use asphalt as a binding agent and created a fuel that was not only more stable than its previous iteration, but also 400% more powerful. A few years later, in the Arroyo Seca Canyon, Jack and his team founded Jet Propulsion Laboratories,. JPL would go on to be at the forefront of interplanetary exploration with 6,000 employees

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