Rocket Boy Homer Hickam – Don’t Blow Yourself Up!
Interview with Homer Hickam
Homer Hickam is the New York Times #1 best-selling author of 19 books, including ‘Rocket Boys’ which became the major motion picture ‘October Sky’, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Homer. In this interview Homer talks about how his fascination with rockets began in October, 1957 with the launch of Sputnik. He also shares details of his newest book Don't Blow Yourself Up! and talks about his work with NASA and other space agencies.
Homer is a retired NASA engineer who worked on the Hubble Space telescope, trained U.S. and Japanese astronauts, and helped negotiate the use of the International Space Station with the Russians. Homer is a decorated Vietnam vet, carried the Olympic torch, taught David Letterman how to scuba dive, flew with General Chuck Yeager, dove on a sunken WWII German U-boat just off the North Carolina coast, and found four T-Rex skeletons as an amateur paleontologist.
His best-selling books including his newest book Don't Blow Yourself Up! have been translated into dozens of languages and ‘Rocket Boys’ has been the most-read book in U.S. public schools for almost two decades.
For more info visit https://www.homerhickam.com
Need more space?
If you enjoyed this interview about Homer Hickam and are curious about space exploration and other space news and information, be sure to Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy7OicZZnllKrH3Y9rUKdoA?sub_confirmation=1
Видео Rocket Boy Homer Hickam – Don’t Blow Yourself Up! канала Your Space Journey
Homer Hickam is the New York Times #1 best-selling author of 19 books, including ‘Rocket Boys’ which became the major motion picture ‘October Sky’, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Homer. In this interview Homer talks about how his fascination with rockets began in October, 1957 with the launch of Sputnik. He also shares details of his newest book Don't Blow Yourself Up! and talks about his work with NASA and other space agencies.
Homer is a retired NASA engineer who worked on the Hubble Space telescope, trained U.S. and Japanese astronauts, and helped negotiate the use of the International Space Station with the Russians. Homer is a decorated Vietnam vet, carried the Olympic torch, taught David Letterman how to scuba dive, flew with General Chuck Yeager, dove on a sunken WWII German U-boat just off the North Carolina coast, and found four T-Rex skeletons as an amateur paleontologist.
His best-selling books including his newest book Don't Blow Yourself Up! have been translated into dozens of languages and ‘Rocket Boys’ has been the most-read book in U.S. public schools for almost two decades.
For more info visit https://www.homerhickam.com
Need more space?
If you enjoyed this interview about Homer Hickam and are curious about space exploration and other space news and information, be sure to Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy7OicZZnllKrH3Y9rUKdoA?sub_confirmation=1
Видео Rocket Boy Homer Hickam – Don’t Blow Yourself Up! канала Your Space Journey
Показать
Комментарии отсутствуют
Информация о видео
Другие видео канала
![New Moon Landing Coming up - Intuitive Machines interview with Dr. Tim Crain](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pYnjpPE3kEM/default.jpg)
![The Top Space Leaders: Countries with Active Space Programs](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uTvcXjm09iI/default.jpg)
![The Summer of Mars: Perseverance & Ingenuity](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YkC6IW06-fg/default.jpg)
![Water Discovered on Sunlit Surface of the Moon - Lunar Geologist Dr. Sarah Noble](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/R_uftEFSEsk/default.jpg)
![THE CASE FOR SPACE by DR ROBERT ZUBRIN, President of The Mars Society & Pioneer Astronautics](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b4-lqAVtI1A/default.jpg)
![Your Space Journey Trailer](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sW5Tmphjgvs/default.jpg)
![Atlas of Solar Eclipses: 2020 to 2045 (by authors Michael Zeiler & Michael Bakich)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Sbic306IL3s/default.jpg)
![Queen's BRIAN MAY discusses astrophysics, New Horizons & 3-D Photography](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/we3rV_P_nsI/default.jpg)
![OSIRIS-REx Asteroid "Smash & Grab" - Mission Update](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GnaoIaL0DEw/default.jpg)
![Booster Landing! SpaceX OneWeb 3 - First Stage Landing](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p0oxJX49M7A/default.jpg)
![Searching for Life Beyond the Pale Blue Dot - NATHALIE A. CABROL, Director of the Carl Sagan Center](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ud-yBn0iB88/default.jpg)
![SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2: Returning Human Spaceflight to the U.S.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/R78WLTSfR-0/default.jpg)
![OrbitsEdge – Data Centers ABOVE THE CLOUD!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/svk0WwFZ3gY/default.jpg)
![SpaceX Axiom AX-1 Launch Sequence (turn up the speakers at the end!)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0ub2CeVs0tU/default.jpg)
![Five reasons why space has captivated people all over the world](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VAu68ZMFVKQ/default.jpg)
![SpaceX JSAT-18/Kacific1 launch (12/16/2019) with HQ sound!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5nOB0fWwa-E/default.jpg)
![Five amazing revelations from space exploration leaders](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4cq8fLGp21U/default.jpg)
![BEHIND THE SCENES: Boeing Starliner CST-100 Orbital Flight Test](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U6xrR_vZVu8/default.jpg)
![SunRISE – NASA’s new mission to study giant space weather storms](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/97aU6dTHx2Q/default.jpg)
![SPACE DEBRIS: How Privateer Plans to Protect the Space Environment — Interview with Dr. Moribah Jah](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/60bk97_s8lY/default.jpg)