"The Rocket Boys"

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Discussion of H.H. Hickam's book. The dream of Hickam and his friends to build a rocket and have a place in the U.S. Space Program. How their rocket was built. Entry in the National Science Fair. Winning a gold and silver medal. The realization of his dream when he became a NASA engineer.

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"THE ROCKET BOYS

Boys always dreamed of getting off the ground. Kites, model airplanes, balloons, whatever could me made in their rooms or the garage or the backyard that would soar and lift their imaginations. And then came the Nineteen Sixties, when the Russians were the first to put a man into space. Now, the dreams of boys were not a contest of one boy in one neighborhood against the other, it was Americans against the Russians. When Sonny s mother asked him what that news broadcast and the beeping sound was all about, he knew the answer right away. I knew exactly what it was. All the science-fiction books and Dad s magazines I d read over the years put me in good stead to answer. It s a space satellite, I explained. We were supposed to launch one this year, too. I can t believe the Russians beat us to it (Hickam, 1998 ..."

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