: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.
:11:01
Liftoff. Liftoff.
:11:04
I'm writing to offer
my condolences to you and your team...
:11:06
on your recent attempt
to launch the Vanguard rocket.
:11:12
I also had a disastrous
occurrence during the launch
of my own small rocket.
:11:20
Since here in Coalwood,
everyone's much more interested...
:11:22
in what's down below the earth
than what's above it,
:11:25
there isn't a whole lot of material
to be found on the subject of rocketry.
:11:29
So I've been kind of stumbling
around in the dark.
:11:32
Don't you give me
no dirty look
:11:36
Your father's hip
He knows what cooks
:11:40
Just tell your hoodlum
friend outside
:11:44
You ain't got time
to take a ride
:11:46
Yakety yak
Don't talk back
:11:49
- Yakety yak, yakety yak
- You can't be seen with him, Homer.
:11:51
[ Roy Lee ]
He's a weirdo. You go ahead,
:11:54
but you can kiss
your social life good-bye.