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Rocket Boys
Previously published in paperback as October SkyThree years in the life of Homer Sonny' Hickam from the moment he sees the Sputnik satellite overhead in West Virginia to his successful launch of a prizewinning rocketIn 1957 Coalwood West Virginia was a town the post-war boom never quite reached and dominated by the black steel towers of the mine For fourteen-year-old Homer Sonny' Hickam there are only two routes in life a college football scholarship or a life underground But from the moment the town turns out to watch the world's first space satellite Sputnik as it passes overhead Sonny and his friends embark on a mission of their own - to form the Big Creek Missile Agency and build a rocketLooking back after a distinguished career as a NASA engineer Homer Hickam tells the warm vivid
story of youth and ambition that inspired the 1999 film October Sky It is the tale of a group of teenage boys who dared to imagine a life beyond the confines of the coal pit and went on to design build and launch the rockets that would change their lives and their town forever
story of youth and ambition that inspired the 1999 film October Sky It is the tale of a group of teenage boys who dared to imagine a life beyond the confines of the coal pit and went on to design build and launch the rockets that would change their lives and their town forever
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