PROPULSION EPISODE 3: "Malina & Von Karman"
Channel: PROPULSION +
Date: 2014-02-10

Calling All Rocketeers! Calling All Rocketeers! "PROPULSION" is On the Air!

In this episode...

Inspired by academic lectures on the budding scientific field of rocketry, young Jack Parsons and trusty Ed Forman head to CalTech to find a student who would understand the science, math, and theory needed to test actual rockets. They would find Frank Malina, a grad student whose advisor, Theodore von Karman, happened to be the head of the Aeronautics Department at CalTech. 

Roger Malina, Frank Malina's eldest son, recounts the story of how the small group of young rocket enthusiasts approached von Karman with the idea of doing a Ph.D thesis on rocketry...

After more than 70 years, the story of Frank Malina, Jack Parsons and Caltech's infamous "Suicide Squad" is brought to life in "PROPULSION" a 30 min. documentary produced by the fine team at BLLR Entertainment. 

Set against the backdrop of 1930s Pasadena, through WWII and into the Cold War, "PROPULSION" is the heartwarming, inspirational, and sometimes controversial tale of a group of misfits, dreamers, and mavericks, the founding of NASA's JPL, and the Birth of Modern Rocketry.

It's 1936. Meet the Suicide Squad...

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