01142nam a2200277u  450000100100000000300070001000500170001700700030003400800410003702000310007802000340010904000400014304300210018310000290020424500500023324600160028326000440029930000260034350000420036952002320041152100170064360000290066065000510068965100480074085600760078840866963 OCoLC 20190501230752.0ta110128t19991998nyu           000 0aeng d  a0440235502 (pbk.) :c$6.99  a9780440235507 (pbk.) :c$6.99  aBPLcBPLdJNEdSLCdOCLdOCLCQdCTM  an-us-wvan-us---1 aHickam, Homer H.,d1943-10aOctober sky :ba memoircHomer H. Hickam, Jr.3 aRocket boys  aNew York :bIsland Books,c1999, c1998.  axvi, 428 p. ;c18 cm.  aPreviously published as: Rocket boys.  aThe author traces the boyhood enthusiasm for rockets that eventually led to a career at NASA, describing how he built model rockets in the family garage in West Virginia, inspired by the launch of the Soviet satellite "Sputnik"8 a900bLexile.10aHickam, Homer H.,d1943- 0aAerospace engineerszUnited StatesvBiography. 0aCoalwood (W. Va.)xSocial life and customs.42zCornerstones of Science websiteuhttp:// www.cornerstonesofscience.org/