7/6/2023 0 Comments Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() and five school friends in a small coal mining town entered the new space race, built rockets they merrily named ‘Auk’ (the bird that cannot fly) as answer to the Soviet Union’s Sputnik – the first human-built satellite. In 1957, 14-year old Homer ‘Sonny’ Hickam Jr. He is now an award-winning author (University of Alabama’s Clarence Cason Award, the Appalachian Heritage Writer’s Award) and an enduring inspiration to those aspiring to explore the unknown. is alive and well, aged 73, a Vietnam war veteran, retired NASA aerospace engineer who worked on the Hubble Telescope and trained Space Shuttle crews. Our 21st century lifestyles, immeasurable benefits of technology are a great debt of gratitude we owe to pioneers like Homer Hickam and the spirit of the Rocket Boys from Coalwood town, West Virginia – all who walked a path few dared, and inspired generations to work for their dreams. ![]() An Asia Times interview with Homer Hickam, the legendary ‘Rocket Boy’ from 1950’s USA, as India’s ISRO space agency prepares to deliver 103 satellites in a world-record single rocket launch, early February, 2017. ![]()
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