Jack Parsons helped take rocketry out of the realm of science fiction and into reality. But his involvement with a sex magick cult led to him being shuttled to the corner like Baby at the end of Dirty Dancing. In Strange Country Ep. 73, Beth and Kelly discuss Parsons' accomplishment but focus way more on the sex magick cult because sex magick. Oh and did we mention his involvement with L. Ron Hubbard? Well, we do and it's a doozy.
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Cite Your Sources:
Pendle, George. Strange Angel: the Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons. Harcourt, Inc., 2006.