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

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From Copernicus to Newton, the greatest minds in history have had a crater named after them on the moon. But one name you may not know is Jack Parsons, a pioneer of rocket science whose contributions were so monumental that man wouldn’t have set foot on the moon without him.

However, his sex-crazed occultism and bromance with L. Ron Hubbard made it hard for the scientific community to embrace him, leading to his eponymous crater being placed on the dark side of the moon.

This story has everything from revolutionary science to orgies, the occult, and demonic rituals - what are you waiting for…

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