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Space Opera : 2010.06.12 : machine

Space Opera - On the Operatic Origins of the American Space Program

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Jason Brown describes the connection between Wagnerian opera and the origins of the space program. Nazi mythology, Pasadena sex magick, the nature of reality and spectacle in a post-media world. Part of Wagnerfest at Machine Project, June 12, 2010.

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Space Opera : 2010.06.12 : machine

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Space Opera!

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Opera ?

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Opera?

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Operatic?

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define : OPERATIC

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Perversity

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Taboo

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Betrayal

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Vengence

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Death

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Tragedy

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WAGNER !

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ORIGINS !

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Nibelungenlied

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Dolchstoßlegende

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Backstab Legend

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RobertGoddard

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- LIFE Oct 4, 1963

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HermannOberth

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Wernher von Braun

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Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr

von Braun

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WORLD WAR II

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Meanwhile, in America

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1003 SouthOrange Grove

Avenue

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1940’s Era Pasadena Sex Magick

(artist’s rendering)

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Meanwhile, in Germany

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operation :PAPERCLIP

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Taboo

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Post War

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1952!

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Jack ParsonsGets Blown Up

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Tragedy

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Double Tragedy

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Taboo

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Diantics becomes Scientology

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Wernher Goes to Alabama

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Battle of Washington

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1952!

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synchronicity

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1952

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SPUTNIK !

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von Braun : The Man

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VIDEO: Apollo 11

slo mo launch

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Cosmodrome

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