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JPL and the Beginnings of the Space Age watch!

jpl.nasa.gov — The politics and science behind the birth of the America's space program after World War 2. Extremely well-done documentary produced by JPL and CalTech.

Who dugg this? Made popular Aug 25, 2008

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  • magikshock1, on 08/25/2008, -2/+14now this one is a perfect digg material..dugg
  • gn0stik, on 08/25/2008, -1/+5They said nothing of Jack Parsons. Craziest ***** scientist of all time who basically started the JPL.
  • theenginedriver, on 08/25/2008, -0/+3Jack Parsons, co-founder of JPL, was seriously one bizarre guy.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Parsons

    My supervisor used to work there, and cited a nice quote saying it's a "cesspool of incestuous backstabbing pinheads."
  • D1ckFace, on 08/26/2008, -0/+2Jack Parson's was an occultist 33 degree scottish rite freemason.
    NASA and JPL were only possible because of some Scientists from Nazi Germany who influenced the apollo missions with bizarre rituals. i.e. Some of the moon landings were timed to fall in line with Hitlers birthday.
    Read Dark Mission by Richard Hoagland and you'll realise that the NASA we have known and loved has been a lie while there has been a secret space program kept hidden from the rest of us. - all paid for with your hard earned tax dollars.
  • elishagrey, on 08/26/2008, -0/+1Just discovered this great web-comic "The Marvel" about Jack Parsons and the founding of JPL: http://www.webcomicsnation.com/rscarbonneau/parson ...
  • FranksValli, on 08/26/2008, -0/+1Halfway through the video, the guy goes overly dramatic: "To have the Communists lead in technology to pioneer a new frontier OF INFINITE SIZE?!"
  • dikstr, on 08/28/2008, -0/+0The shuttle is a waste for science - the move from unmanned launchers to the shuttle short circuited a lot of good science. Huge amounts of money have been spent on this 'space truck' that would have been much better used to fund unmanned space science of the kind JPL has specialized in.
  • bubba9999, on 08/25/2008, -1/+1NASA and PBS are two of the very few fluff programs that our government runs that I approve spending my tax money on.

    Of course, if the Libertarians can get my tax burden reduced by that much, I can choose to contribute to both directly.
  • prefekt, on 08/25/2008, -2/+1Great video.

    The opportunity to pick samples out of there is also pretty huge.
  • GhostM, on 08/25/2008, -3/+1Only four comments!?

    Will I go up, or will I go down.
  • inactive, on 08/25/2008, -4/+1this is one of those videos everyone ignores at the museum...
  • cledford, on 08/25/2008, -5/+1Interesting video - glad we showed those communists whats up.
  • ScienceDoc, on 08/25/2008, -6/+1NASA is a huge bloated waste. What have we learned from the last several dozen shuttle missions? They only run a few hundred million each. How about the probe that hit Mars at several kazillion miles and hour?

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