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Guess what Space Cadets?? We did an interview! Come hang out with us and Operations Control Engineer, Susan Martinez. We talk about everything from school, our love of fashion and of course, Space!

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Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel

http://www.lesjohnsonauthor.com/books/solar_sails_a_novel_approach_to_interplanetary_travel

Rescue Mode

https://www.amazon.com/Rescue-Mode-Ben-Bova/dp/1476736472

3D printed Eiffel tower time lapse: Plastic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqQAjkZOBeY

How it Works: Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiUUZxp7bLQ

Order of the Engineer:

https://order-of-the-engineer.org/

Additive Manufacturing Facility (AMF) on the ISS:

https://madeinspace.us/capabilities-and-technology/additive-manufacturing-facility/

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In this week's episode, we shine the spotlight on Lagrange Points! How can you be stationary but be moving at the same time in space? Who discovered Lagrange Points? Why are they useful? Tune in to find out all about them!

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Anna's Sources:

Copper Moon Coffee: https://www.coppermooncoffee.com

“Catalog of Earth Satellite Orbits.” NASA, NASA, earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/OrbitsCatalog/page2.php.

“Earth Mass.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 18 June 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_mass.

“The Five Lagrange Points.” ESA, www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/05/The_five_Lagrange_points.

Howell, Elizabeth. “Lagrange Points: Parking Places in Space.” Space.com, Space, 22 Aug. 2017, www.space.com/30302-lagrange-points.html.

“Lagrange Point.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 17 June 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrange_point.

“Lagrange Points -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics.” Scienceworld.wolfram.com, scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/LagrangePoints.html.

“Orbits and Speed – Higher - Solar System, Stability of Orbital Motions, Satellites - Eduqas - GCSE Physics (Single Science) Revision - Eduqas - BBC Bitesize.” BBC News, BBC, www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zxhr7p3/revision/4

“Solar Mass.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 2 June 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_mass.

“Telescope.” ESA, www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Planck/Telescope.

“What Are Lagrange Points?” ESA, www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/What_are_Lagrange_points.

“What Is a Lagrange Point?” NASA, NASA, solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/754/what-is-a-lagrange-point/.

“What's the Deal with Lagrange Points?” Quantum Rocketry, 24 Nov. 2012, josephshoer.com/blog/2012/11/whats-the-deal-with-lagrange-points/.

Henna's Sources:

“Edmond Halley.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 20 June 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Halley.

Isoperimetric Problems, www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucahmto/latex_html/chapter2_latex2html/node9.html.

“Joseph Louis Lagrange | A Short Account of the History of Mathematics.” Joseph Louis Lagrange | A Short Account of the History of Mathematics | W.W.

Rouse Ball | Lit2Go ETC, etc.usf.edu/lit2go/218/a-short-account-of-the-history-of-mathematics/5536/joseph-louis-lagrange/.

“Leonhard Euler.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 21 June 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonhard_Euler.

Nolte, David D. “The Three-Body Problem, Longitude at Sea, and Lagrange's Points.” Galileo Unbound, 7 July 2019, galileo-unbound.blog/2019/07/05/the-three-body-problem-longitude-at-sea-and-lagranges-points/.

“The Parking Spaces of Space: The Lagrange Points.” YouTube, YouTube, 15 Dec. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LjGgJ4ST60.

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Target Designer Dress Collection:

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Dolce de Leche Recipe:

As a side note, Anna loves this youtube channel.

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Nasa selects two missions to study Venus:

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-2-missions-to-study-lost-habitable-world-of-venus/

Is there life on Venus?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/science/venus-life-clouds.html

Kat Echazarreta

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/kat_echz/?hl=en

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6UJNc_HIf08E6m2l9CDJBA?view_as=subscriber

Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10350626/

Good Omens

Book:

https://www.amazon.com/Good-Omens-Accurate-Prophecies-Nutter/dp/0060853980

TV Show:

https://www.amazon.com/Good-Omens-Season-1/dp/B089XW1Z6Y

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How much do you know about the different types of Rocket Fuel? Welcome to the second episode of our "Rocket Fuel" series where we cover a classic, Liquid Rocket Propellants!

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Henna's Sources:

Basics of Space Flight: Rocket Propellants, www.braeunig.us/space/propel.htm.

“Liquid Rocket Propellant.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 8 May 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_rocket_propellant.

Martinez-Sanchez, Manual. Lecture 20: Combustion of Liquid Propellants . Lecture 20: Combustion of Liquid Propellants .

Nikischenko, IgorN., et al. “Improving the Performance of LOX/Kerosene Upper Stage Rocket Engines.” Propulsion and Power Research, vol. 6, no. 3, 2017, pp. 157–176., doi:10.1016/j.jppr.2017.07.008.

Nufer, B. HYPERGOLIC PROPELLANTS: THE HANDLING HAZARDS AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM USE. NASA Kennedy Space Center, ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20100042352/downloads/20100042352.pdf.

“PROPELLANTS.” NASA, NASA, history.nasa.gov/conghand/propelnt.htm.

“SpaceX Raptor.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 6 May 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Raptor.

Anna's Sources:

Clark, John Drury, and Isaac Asimov. “Ignition!: an Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants.” Amazon, Rutgers University Press, 2017, www.amazon.com/Ignition-Informal-Propellants-University-Classics/dp/0813595835

“Comparison of Orbital Rocket Engines.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 2 May 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_orbital_rocket_engines.

Dunbar, Brian. “Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky.” NASA, NASA, 5 June 2013, www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/rocketry/home/konstantin-tsiolkovsky.html.

Garner, Rob. “Dr. Robert H. Goddard, American Rocketry Pioneer.” NASA, NASA, 11 Feb. 2015, www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/about/history/dr_goddard.html.

“Isaac Asimov.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 17 May 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov.

“Liquid Rocket Propellant.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 8 May 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_rocket_propellant.

“RP-1.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 20 Apr. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RP-1.

Salge, Christoph. “Asimov's Laws Won't Stop Robots from Harming Humans, So We've Developed a Better Solution.” Scientific American, Scientific American, 11 July 2017, www.scientificamerican.com/article/asimovs-laws-wont-stop-robots-from-harming-humans-so-weve-developed-a-better-solution/.

“V-2 Rocket.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 13 May 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket.

What ever happened to Pluto? Anna was missing Pluto so we decided to embark on a journey to learn all about the planet that once was... tune in to learn some cool Pluto-related facts, history, and engineering as well as the passionate debate that still exists over its classification!

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Anna's Sources:

Cain, Fraser. “How Far Is Mercury from Earth?” Universe Today, 9 Aug. 2016, www.universetoday.com/14165/distance-from-earth-to-mercury/

Choi, Charles Q. “Dwarf Planet Pluto: Facts About the Icy Former Planet.” Space.com, Space, 14 Nov. 2017, www.space.com/43-pluto-the-ninth-planet-that-was-a-dwarf.html.

Choi, Charles Q. “Surprise! Pluto May Have Possessed a Subsurface Ocean at Birth.” Scientific American, Scientific American, 23 June 2020, www.scientificamerican.com/article/surprise-pluto-may-have-possessed-a-subsurface-ocean-at-birth.

Greenfieldboyce, Nell. “Pluto Has White-Capped Mountains, But Not Because There's Snow.” NPR, NPR, 13 Oct. 2020, www.npr.org/2020/10/13/923209728/pluto-has-white-capped-mountains-but-not-because-theres-snow.

“How Dry Ice Is Made.” CryoCarb, 8 Oct. 2020, cryocarb.com/how-dry-ice-is-made.

Howell, Elizabeth. “Interesting Facts About Pluto.” Universe Today, 23 Dec. 2015, www.universetoday.com/13872/interesting-facts-about-pluto/.

“In Depth.” NASA, NASA, 19 Dec. 2019, solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/pluto-moons/charon/in-depth/.

“In Depth.” NASA, NASA, 19 Dec. 2019, solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/pluto-moons/charon/in-depth/.

Redd, Nola Taylor. “How Far Away Is Pluto?” Space.com, Space, 20 Feb. 2016, www.space.com/18566-pluto-distance.html.

Redd, Nola Taylor. “The Kuiper Belt: Objects at the Edge of the Solar System.” Space.com, Space, 30 Apr. 2019, www.space.com/16144-kuiper-belt-objects.html.

Sharp, Tim. “How Big Is the Moon?” Space.com, Space, 28 Oct. 2017, www.space.com/18135-how-big-is-the-moon.html.

Pluto with Heart Picture: www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-spacecraft-displays-pluto-s-big-heart-0.

Pluto/Charon Tidal Lock Gif: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_locking#/media/File:Pluto-Charon_System.gif

Henna's Sources:

“1894.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Apr. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1894.

“1906.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 30 Mar. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906.

“About the Festival.” I Heart Pluto Festival 2021, iheartpluto.org/about/#history.

“Elizabeth Langdon Williams.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 17 Jan. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Langdon_Williams.

“Percival Lowell.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Apr. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival_Lowell.

“Pluto.” NASA, NASA, 15 Feb. 2021, solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/dwarf-planets/pluto/overview/.

Clearning the NEIGHBORHOOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgbpEuWkEFI&ab_channel=ParallaxNick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azbLNSKDQrM&ab_channel=LowellObservatory

Library of Congress article on the IAU’s decision: https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/astronomy/item/why-is-pluto-no-longer-a-planet/#:~:text=The%20International%20Astronomical%20Union%20(IAU,neighboring%20region%20of%20other%20objects.%E2%80%9D

“Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?” The Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/astronomy/item/why-is-pluto-no-longer-a-planet/.

Hey there space cadets! This episode is a little different! Grab your coffee (or other beverage of choice) and come hang out with Anna and Henna as they answer one of your questions and chat about their favorite things in space right now!

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Vanilla Coffee Syrup Recipe:

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Away:

https://www.netflix.com/title/80214512

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8787802/

How the Universe Works: Mission to a Comet

https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/how-the-universe-works/full-episodes/mission-to-a-comet

Mission Mangal:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9248972/

he Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy

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HERA is a mission done by NASA on planet Earth. Tune in to learn about analog missions, why this mission is so important for astronauts and how you can participate!

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Want to Apply to the HERA project?

https://www.nasa.gov/analogs/hera

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Anna's Sources:

Andrianopoulos, Vasileios, et al. “Domains of Cognitive Function.” ResearchGate, Breath, 2017, www.researchgate.net/figure/Major-domains-of-cognitive-function_fig1_316673061.

Basner, Mathias, et al. “Development and Validation of the Cognition Test Battery for Spaceflight.” Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, vol. 86, no. 11, 2015, pp. 942–952., doi:10.3357/amhp.4343.2015.

“Hera • Facts and Information on Greek Goddess Hera.” Greek Gods & Goddesses, 7 Feb. 2017, greekgodsandgoddesses.net/goddesses/hera/.

Mars, Kelli. “About HERA.” NASA, NASA, 26 May 2016, www.nasa.gov/analogs/hera/about.

Nasrini, Jad, et al. “Cognitive Performance During Confinement and Sleep Restriction in NASA’s Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA).” Frontiers in Physiology, vol. 11, 2020, doi:10.3389/fphys.2020.00394.

Henna's Sources:

“Human Research Program Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA) Facility and Capabilities Information.” NASA, ROI - Flight Analogs Human Research Program, July 2019, www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2019_hera_facility_capabilities_information.pdf.

Mars, Kelli. “About Analog Missions.” NASA, NASA, 17 Feb. 2016, www.nasa.gov/analogs/what-are-analog-missions.

The Perseverance Mars rover landed safely! Do you know how they did it? Listen up and learn all about the craziness that is the skycrane!

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You're Wrong About: https://yourewrongabout.com/

Maintenance Phase: http://maintenancephase.com/

Perseverance Landing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4czjS9h4Fpg

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Anna's Sources:

Administrator, NASA Content. “Curiosity's Sky Crane Maneuver, Artist's Concept.” NASA, NASA, 8 Oct. 2015, www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/gallery/pia14839.html.

Betz, Eric. “The Skycrane: How NASA's Perseverance Rover Will Land on Mars.” Astronomy.com, 18 Feb. 2021, astronomy.com/news/2021/02/skycrane-how-perseverance-will-land-on-mars.

Coulter, Dauna. “Strange but True: Curiosity's Sky Crane.” Phys.org, Phys.org, 31 July 2012, phys.org/news/2012-07-strange-true-curiosity-sky-crane.html.

“Curiosity's Skycrane Maneuver.” The Planetary Society, www.planetary.org/space-images/curiositys-skycrane-maneuver.

“How Curiosity Will Land on Mars, Part 1: Entry.” The Planetary Society, www.planetary.org/articles/06221711-how-curiosity-land-part-1.

“How Curiosity Will Land on Mars, Part 2: Descent.” The Planetary Society, www.planetary.org/articles/06290700-how-curiosity-land-part-2.

“How Curiosity Will Land on Mars, Part 3: Skycrane and Landing.” The Planetary Society, www.planetary.org/articles/07060700-how-curiosity-land-part-3.

“Watch Online: TV Schedule.” NASA, NASA, mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/watch-online/.

Henna's Sources:

Berger, By Brian. “Helicopter Inspires NASA's Mars Lander.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 29 Nov. 2006, www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15953785.

Betz, Eric. “The Skycrane: How NASA's Perseverance Rover Will Land on Mars.” Astronomy.com, 18 Feb. 2021, astronomy.com/news/2021/02/skycrane-how-perseverance-will-land-on-mars.

“Mars Exploration Rovers.” NASA, NASA, 7 Sept. 2019, mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/mars-exploration-rovers/.

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“The Sky Crane Solution.” NASA, NASA, appel.nasa.gov/2012/07/31/the-sky-crane-solution/#:~:text=The%20novel%20solution%20the%20MSL,essentially%20hover%20as%20it%20lowers.

“The Sky Crane Solution.” NASA, NASA, appel.nasa.gov/2012/07/31/the-sky-crane-solution/#:~:text=The%20novel%20solution%20the%20MSL,essentially%20hover%20as%20it%20lowers.

“Strange but True: Curiosity's Sky Crane.” NASA, NASA, science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/30jul_skycrane.

“Viking 1 & 2.” NASA, NASA, 7 Sept. 2019, mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/viking-1-2/.

What is space junk? Space is so big, why is it a problem?? We'd love for you to join us as we discuss space debris and its fascinating history. Tune in to learn more!

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Henna's Sources:

“ARES.” NASA, NASA, www.orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/reentry/.

“ESA Commissions World's First Space Debris Removal.” ESA, www.esa.int/Safety_Security/Clean_Space/ESA_commissions_world_s_first_space_debris_removal.

Garcia, Mark. “Space Debris and Human Spacecraft.” NASA, NASA, 14 Apr. 2015, www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/news/orbital_debris.html.

Jessica DuronioMonday, November 16, and Jessica Duronio is a second-year graduate student at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. “The Need for US Leadership in Remediating Space Debris.” The Space Review: The Need for US Leadership in Remediating Space Debris, www.thespacereview.com/article/4068/1.

Keeter, Bill. “Space Debris.” NASA, NASA, 5 Dec. 2018, www.nasa.gov/centers/hq/library/find/bibliographies/space_debris.

Matignon, Louis de Gouyon. “The Kessler Syndrome and Space Debris.” Space Legal Issues, 18 June 2019, www.spacelegalissues.com/space-law-the-kessler-syndrome/.

Matignon, Louis de Gouyon. “The Legal Status of Space Debris.” Space Legal Issues, 3 Aug. 2019, www.spacelegalissues.com/the-legal-status-of-space-debris/.

Anna's Sources:

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“Anti-Satellite Weapon.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 25 Feb. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-satellite_weapon.

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Coldewey, Devin. “FCC Updates Orbital Debris Rules for the First Time since 2004.” TechCrunch, TechCrunch, 23 Apr. 2020, techcrunch.com/2020/04/23/fcc-updates-orbital-debris-rules-for-the-first-time-since-2004/.

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“Fengyun.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 7 Jan. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fengyun.

Harrington, Rebecca. “Dozens of Dead Nuclear Reactors Are Floating in Space, and They'll Eventually Hit the Earth.” Business Insider, Business Insider, 10 Mar. 2016, www.businessinsider.com/nuclear-powered-satellites-space-2016-3.

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Keeter, Bill. “Space Debris.” NASA, NASA, 5 Dec. 2018, www.nasa.gov/centers/hq/library/find/bibliographies/space_debris.

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Michael ListnerMonday, February 13, et al. “Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 Three Years Later: Where Are We Now?” The Space Review: Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 Three Years Later: Where Are We Now?, www.thespacereview.com/article/2023/1.

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How much do you know about the different types of Rocket Fuel? Are solid rocket motors really solid? Welcome to the first episode of our "Rocket Fuel" series!

Note from Anna: Love Island does not really take place on a island. My apologies to anyone who was mislead by this information. I am also not proud of the fact that I watch this show.

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Anna's Sources:

Basics of Space Flight: Rocket Propellants, www.braeunig.us/space/propel.htm.

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Rao, B. Nageswara. “Fracture of Solid Rocket Propellant Grains.” Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol. 43, no. 3, 17 Sept. 1991, pp. 455–459., doi:10.1016/s0013-7944(92)90113-S.

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“Solid-Propellant Rocket.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Jan. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-propellant_rocket.

“Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 4 Feb. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Solid_Rocket_Booster#Segment_cases.

Henna's Sources:

Chaturvedi, Shalini, and Pragnesh N. Dave. “Solid Propellants: AP/HTPB Composite Propellants.” Arabian Journal of Chemistry, vol. 12, no. 8, Dec. 2019, pp. 2061–2068., doi:10.1016/j.arabjc.2014.12.033.

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Klager, K., and J.m. Wrightson. “RECENT ADVANCES IN SOLID PROPELLANT BINDER CHEMISTRY.” Mechanics and Chemistry of Solid Propellants, Pergamon, 27 June 2014, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9781483198378500107.

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Solon, Olivia. “Occultist Father of Rocketry 'Written out' of Nasa's History.” WIRED UK, WIRED UK, 4 Oct. 2017, www.wired.co.uk/article/jpl-jack-parsons.