:09:00
Be a heck of a waste
of a bomb.
:09:05
The first game against Welch--
:09:08
that's the one that's
gonna draw the scouts.
:09:10
Yeah. Welch knows it too.
They're gonna be coming after us.
:09:13
Well, y'all be careful, Jim.
Last year, those two boys
from Welch got their arms broken.
:09:17
- Well, they started it.
- [ Laughing ]
:09:20
It don't matter much who started it.
I don't call that football.
:09:23
You don't worry about Jim.
:09:25
Ain't nobody on the Welch team
that can catch him.
:09:29
- I wish the scouts could've seen
that first game with Bluefield.
- I'm gonna build a rocket.
:09:36
Like Sputnik.
:09:38
Well, I'm not sayin' it's gonna
go up in space or anything,
:09:41
but I'm gonna do it.
:09:45
I'm gonna build a rocket.
[ Chuckles ]
:09:47
Well, just don't
blow yourself up.
:09:49
[ Laughing ]
:09:53
More eggs, anybody?
:09:55
- Nice rocket, Homer.
- How high do you think it will fly?
:09:58
Well, I got it packed with
the powder from 30 sky rockets.
:10:02
Three, four miles.
:10:04
You ready? Yeah.
:10:07
- Yeah.
- [ All ] Ten, nine--
:10:11
- Eight, seven, six--
- Should we get behind somethin'?
:10:14
[ Grunting ]
:10:17
[ Gasps ]
Wh-What happened?
:10:20
- [ Homer ] My rocket blew up.
- Are you okay?
:10:23
- I guess.
- My heart's poundin'.
:10:25
I thought the mine blew up.
Oh, Homer.
:10:31
I waited six months
for the company carpenter
to get around puttin' up that fence.
:10:36
Didn't I tell you
not to blow yourself up?
:10:38
Yes, ma'am.
:10:41
Then let's not.
[ Sighs ]
:10:45
- [ Woman ] Elsie.
- [ Elsie ]
It's all right, Ms.Fields!
:10:48
It's all right.
:10:51
[ Homer's Voice ]
Dear Dr. von Braun,
:10:53
- [ TV Announcer ]
Six, five, four, three--
- My name is Homer Hickam.
:10:55
- Two, one--
- I'm 17 and I live in a small
mining town in West Virginia.
:10:59
Ignition.