One of our younger relatives is an engineer and suggested that we watch Strange Angels on CBS.
“Jack Parsons, a brilliant and ambitious blue-collar worker of 1930s Los Angeles, started as a janitor at a chemical factory but had fantastical dreams that led him to birth the unknown discipline of American rocketry.”
Supposedly, this is how our rocket science was created in spite of the elite engineers at Cal Tech saying we could never launch anything to escape the earth’s gravity.
I am hooked for at least a few more shows.
Parsons was a devil worshiper - a disciple of Aleister Crowley - very into the black arts.
Any mention of Robert Goddard, the actual inventor of most of the rocket technology we have today?
Hi, Grampa. I watched “Strange Angel” based on your comment. Just finished Season 1. What a great show! Thanks for the recommendation.
My son and I always enjoy the videos of the support aircraft to the Blue Angels taking off. “Fat Albert” uses JATO rockets to get airborne. I never knew the history of the development of the JATO. So it’s very fascinating watching this show!
It’s very well done, but sure can be weird at times.