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Episode 512: Jack Parsons Part I - The Suicide Squad

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Theodore Von Karman

Jack Parsons, Edward Foreman and Frank Molina were given meager funding to begin work on rocketry at Cal Tech. Professor Theodore von Karman was able to create new ways of designing bridges that wouldn't collapse in strong winds. Using Gal Sitt's wind tunnel, Von Karman created the Guggenheim aeronautical laboratory named for Kit Cowl.

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