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1:29:05
Thanks, Dad.
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[ Homer ] When the rocket propellant
burns, it produces a river of gas...

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which flows through
the convergent section of the nozzle.

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If the river continues
through the nozzle,

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but through the throat
at less than sonic speed--

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that is to say, less than
the speed of sound--

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it becomes compact in the--
compacted in the divergent section,

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bound in turmoil
and inefficient.

1:29:38
Lyle Wells and Jean Cooper, Schrader
High School, McMinnville, Oregon.

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Now, ladies and gentlemen,
the big moment.

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The Highest Scholastic
Achievement Award for Science.

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The National Science Fair
first prize gold medal...

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goes to Homer Hickam,
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Quentin Wilson, Roy Lee Cook
and Sherman O'Dell,

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Big Creek High School,
McDowell County, West Virginia.

1:30:54
Tom Webster of Virginia State College.
I wanna talk to you about a scholarship.

1:30:57
Jack Palmer, Virginia Tech.
We got the best science program
in the state, buddy, okay?


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