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Fraser Macdonald: Escape from Earth [2019] hardback Condition:New watched day and night byESCAPE FROM EARTH is the untold story of the engineers, dreamers and rebels who started the American space programme. In particular, it is the story of Frank Malina, founder of what became Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the scientist who cracked the, as he called it, problem of escape from the Earth by rocket. It's a wild ride. Jack Parsons, Malina's chemistry expert research partner, was a bed hopping occultist with delusions of grandeur. We