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Homer Hickam was a young boy from a West Virginia mining town who hungered for his father’s approval. He knew he could earn it by following in his father’s footsteps and spending his life down in the mines. But Homer had a dream—to go to college and to devot ....

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.... as well as Homer to learn more about the satellite and space. It was in the that people around the world finally realized the capabilities of mankind; they realized man can turn his dreams into reality, just like Homer did. His dream to fly off into the was an influence for him to become a NASA engineer. The dream then became developed into a reality. When Homer's teacher tells him "You can't just dream your way out of Coalwood," she wanted Homer to stop dreaming about going to college and dreaming about rocket technology, but actually try and do it himself. Homer’s effort to make the football team as a stepping stone to getting a college sch ....