Rocket boys : a memoir

Hickam, Homer H 1943- (Author).

Summary: Homer Hickam, a NASA engineer, recounts his childhood in Coalwood, a West Virginia mining town, and discusses his dreams of launching rockets into outer space, and how he made those dreams come true.

Record details

ISBN: 0385333218 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780385333214 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xiv, 368 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Publisher: New York : Delta, 2000, c1998.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Coalwood -- Sputnik -- Mom -- The football fathers -- Quentin -- Mr. Bykovski -- Cape Coalwood -- Construction of the Cape -- Jake Mosby -- Miss Riley -- Rocket candy -- The machinists -- The rocket book -- The pillar explosion -- The state troopers -- A natural arrogance -- Valentine -- The bump -- Picking up and going on -- O'Dell's treasure -- Zincoshine -- We do the math -- Science fairs -- A suit for Indianapolis -- The national science fair -- All systems go.