:09:06
The first game against Welch, 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
Be careful, Jim. Last year, those two
boys from Welch got their arms broken.
:09:17
- Well, they started it.
- Itdon't matter much who started it.
:09:21
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.
:09:28
I wish the scouts could've seen
that first game with Bluefield.
:09:31
I'm gonna build a rocket.
:09:35
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.
:09:47
Just don't blow yourself up.
: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?
:10:06
Yeah.
:10:08
Ten. Nine.
:10:10
- Eight. Seven. Six.
- Should we get behind somethin'?
:10:18
What happened?
:10:20
My rocket blew up.
:10:22
- Are you okay?
- I guess.
:10:24
My heart's poundin'. I thought
the mine blew up. Oh, Homer.
:10:31
I waited six months for the company
carpenter to put 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.
:10:45
- Elsie.
- It's all right, Ms. Fields!
:10:48
It's all right.
:10:51
Dear Dr. von Braun.
:10:53
- Six. Five. Four. Three--
- My name is Homer Hickam.
:10:55
I'm 17 and l live in a small
mining town in West Virginia.
:10:59
lgnition.