: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.
: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.
:11:11
I also had a disastrous occurrence
during the launch of my 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.
:11:49
You can't be seen with him, Homer.
:11:51
He's a weirdo. You go ahead...
:11:54
but you can kiss
your social life good-bye.