j.p.l. jet propulsion laboratory, we have explored all of the solar system and we're paving the way for human exploration elsewhere in the solar system. and, of course, people are very proud of what we do here. i think it helps community spirit to have a place like j.p.l. or cal tech in your backyard. >> tell me a little bit more how jet propulsion laboratory got its start in pasadena and why it's here in pasadena. >> yeah, it's a very interesting story about a plan that fate made it happen and circumstances and locale. there was a young student named frank molina who came from texas who came out here to do his graduate work. he got interested sort of in rockets, he was thinking that was something that the future was about. back in those days, it was considered buck roger's stuff. academics didn't want to have a thing to do with it. it was considered beneath science almost. but frank had a mentor by the name of theodore von carmen who was originally from hungary. he was considered the very best in sort of understanding arrow dynamics and this is the era of aviation coming on big time in the 1

j.p.l. jet propulsion laboratory, we have explored all of the solar system and we're paving the way for human exploration elsewhere in the solar system. and, of course

and here at j.p.l., jet propulsion laboratory, we have explored all of the solar system