Introduction

Jack Parsons was a pioneer of rocket science. His contributions to the field were so monumental that Neil Armstrong would likely have never set foot on the moon if Jack Parsons had never existed. Despite these unbelievable achievements, people in the scientific community would rather that the name Jack Parsons be forgotten entirely. And that friendship is probably why the scientific community chose Jack's eponymous crater on the distant dark side of the moon to keep him out of sight and out of mind. But NASA isn't exactly thrilled to embrace the fact that the origins of modern rocketry are inextricably linked to orgies, the occult, and demonic rituals.