The points in time listed below may not be in the proper order or may not have the correct dates.
This is why I would like to see this done as a collective work by a body of believers.
Let's start by replying to this topic with additions and corrections of the events. Once we're satisfied that the list is complete and the dates are correct, we can then create an individual topic for each event and build content based on all of our verifiable research.
1945: Operation Paperclip: Wernher von Braun and Kurt Debus (former NAZI scientists) brought over to eventually run NASA
1946-47: Byrd's 2nd expedition to the Antarctic named, "Operation High Jump"
1955: Russian and US space race begins
1955-56: Byrd's last Antarctic expedition named, Operation Deep Freeze"
1958-1962: US and Russia begin launching nuclear missiles straight up, detonating them far into the atmosphere. Code-named: Operation Fishbowl; part of Operation Dominic
1958: NASA established July 29, 1958. Jack Parson's, protege of Aleister Crowley and close friend to L. Ron Hubbard. Parson's founded Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Aerojet Engineering Corp. which both became part of this new NASA
1959: UN Treaty created to lock down the Antarctic
1962: JFK's promise to America to land a man on the moon before the end of the decade.
1966: Promo film prepping american public for release of 2001: A Space Odyssey
1968: Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey released
1969: JFK's promise to America to land a man on the moon fulfilled
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