Of the solar system and we are paving the way for human exploration elsewhere in the solar system. People are very proud of what we do here, i think it helps Community Spirit to have a place like jpl or caltech in your backyard. Tell me about how the jet Propulsion Laboratory got its start here in pasadena and why is it here . A very interesting story of something that was not planned and fate made it happen. Was a young student named frank malina who came to texas and came out here to do his graduate work and got interested in rockets. Thinking that was something that was what the future was about. It was those days considered but rogers stuff, academics did not want to have anything to do with it. Frank had a mentor by the name of theodore von carmen who is originally from hungary. The best indered understanding aerodynamics. Aviation was coming on in this time. Karman liked people who were off the edge trying to do things differently. Some noncaltech young people came to caltech and