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Jack Parsons

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Scientist

The Resume

    (October 2, 1914-June 17, 1952)
    Born in Los Angeles, California
    Birth name was Marvel Whiteside Parsons
    Rocket scientist and occultist
    Founder of the Jet Propulsion Lab
    Led a lodge of Aleister Crowley's Ordo Templi Orientis
    Died from an explosion of fulminate of mercury at his home laboratory

Why he might be annoying:

    He claimed in his diaries to have summoned Satan when he was 13.
    He would chant Crowley's hymn to Pan before rocket launches.
    He had an affair with his wife's half-sister.
    He proclaimed himself the Antichrist.
    He teamed up with L. Ron Hubbard for 'Babalon [sic] Working,' an attempt to bring forth an elemental 'moonchild.'
    Conspiracy theorists have claimed his death was a suicide, a murder or a magic ritual gone wrong.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Fortean Times described him as looking 'like a better-fed James Dean in a 1950s road movie.'
    He created the first successful solid rocket fuel.
    Hubbard eventually ran off with $20,000 of Parson's money and his girlfriend.
    Defying the stereotype of scientists as nerdy loners, he held a lot of orgies.
    A crater on the dark side of the Moon was named after him.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 19 Votes: 73.68% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 21 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 28 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 18 Votes: 72.22% Annoying