Parsons, Foreman and Malina went on to pitch Theodore Von Karman of the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT) on their ideas of rocket propulsion, with Malina's proposal for a doctorate eventually being approved by the "legendary aerodynamicist." The trio, now with access to the labs and literature available via Caltech and GALCIT, began their experiments in earnest - with their infamous explosive tendencies earning them the name the "Suicide Squad." Their work formed the basis of the Jet Proposal Laboratory (JPL) on the outskirts of Parsons' hometown. As mentioned previously, the JPL was eventually incorporated into NASA, and Malina's son, Roger Malina - the husband of Christine Maxwell, the daughter of Robert Maxwell and sister to Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell — later served as the first Director of this new joint venture.
English Occultist, Aleister Crowley. Crowley, a member of The Hermetic Order of The Golden Dawn, joined the Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO) in 1910, a Freemasonry off-shoot, that was quickly influenced by Crowley's interest in his Thelemic religion, occult ceremonies, and "Sex Magick." Parsons and his then-wife, Helen Northup, joined the OTO in 1939, and Parsons engaged in frequent correspondence with Crowley, eventually becoming the American representative of the OTO. In order to further his study of Crowley's teachings and the OTO, Parsons purchased a mansion in Pasadena to create a commune of occultists he dubbed "The Parsonage." The manor soon became a hot bed of lavish parties, orgies and occult rituals. Meanwhile, the military continued to pour funding into the GALCIT Rocket Project and, in 1942, the rocket builders founded the Aerojet Engineering Company to keep up with the increasing demand for militarized propulsion. The next vear. in
the Aerojet Engineering Company to keep up with the increasing demand for militarized propulsion. The next year, in 1943, the military formally took over the GALCIT Rocket Project, and renamed it the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Now under military control, JPL developed "several weapon deployment systems based on the liquid and solid fuel technology" including the WAC Corporal sounding rocket, which played a large part in the construction of "the first American rocket ever to exit the Earth's atmosphere." As his interest in the occult deepened, the military became warv of Parsons' wavs. and
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