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# Homer Hickam

(1943)   Military Flight Engineer   United States

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Homer Hickam is a military flight engineer from the United States, best known for *Carrying Albert Home*.

## Quick Facts About Homer Hickam

Born February 19, 1943

Nationality United States

Profession Military Flight Engineer

Notable works Carrying Albert Home

Known for The Far Reaches, The Coalwood Way, Rocket Boys, Back to the Moon, Sky of Stone

## About Homer Hickam

Homer Hadley Hickam Jr. is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, and a former NASA engineer who trained the first Japanese astronauts. His 1998 memoir Rocket Boys was a New York Times Best Seller and was the basis for the 1999 film October Sky. Hickam's body of written work also includes several additional best-selling memoirs and novels, including the "Josh Thurlow" historical fiction novels, his 2015 best-selling Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, his Wife, and her Alligator and in 2021 the sequel to Rocket Boys titled Don't Blow Yourself Up: The Further Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky. His books have been translated into many languages.

## Awards & Honors

http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/b95f57cc3e0fe6fe6d4da2d97c403d17 Bronze Star Medal

##  Quotes by Homer Hickam

> [“blue suede shoes”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/blue-suede-shoes/)

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> [“Lunar Geology Rocks.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/lunar-geology-rocks/)

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[Geology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/geology/)

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> [It is better to confess ignorance than provide it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/it-is-better-to-confess-ignorance-than-provide-it/)

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[Confess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/confess/)

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> [Persevere with a plan to reach your passion, and life will be good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/persevere-with-a-plan-to-reach-your-passion-and-life-will-be-good/)

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> [Rational thought will always trump medieval dogma.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/rational-thought-will-always-trump-medieval-dogma/)

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[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

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> [A rocket won't fly unless somebody lights the fuse!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/a-rocket-won-t-fly-unless-somebody-lights-the-fuse/)

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[Fuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fuse/)

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> [To be a great nation and a great people, you have to do great things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/to-be-a-great-nation-and-a-great-people-you-have-to-do-great-things/)

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[Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/great/)

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> [“The way I see it, if everybody ran from bad things instead of trying to stop them, bad things would be all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/the-way-i-see-it-if-everybody-ran-from-bad-things-instead-of-trying/)

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[Bad thing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-thing/)

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> [“All I’ve done is give you a book,” she said. “You have to have the courage to learn what’s inside it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/all-i-ve-done-is-give-you-a-book-she-said-you-have-to-have-the/)

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> [I had discovered that learning something, no matter how complex, wasn't hard when I had a reason to want to know it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/i-had-discovered-that-learning-something-no-matter-how-complex-wasn-t/)

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> [When legislators do something that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, there's always the suspicion that they're in somebody's pocket.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/when-legislators-do-something-that-doesn-t-make-a-whole-lot-of-sense/)

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[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

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> [I have the best fans of any author in the country and they deserve the best from me, too!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/i-have-the-best-fans-of-any-author-in-the-country-and-they-deserve/)

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[Best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best/)

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> [When I began to write my books about Coalwood, I was surprised to discover, upon reflection, that it wasn't an ordinary place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/when-i-began-to-write-my-books-about-coalwood-i-was-surprised-to/)

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> [“We had to start somewhere, either succeed or fail, and then build what we knew as we went along.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/we-had-to-start-somewhere-either-succeed-or-fail-and-then-build-what/)

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[Inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/)

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> [One thing we've learned about space is that the human body starts to fall apart after relatively short exposures to microgravity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/one-thing-we-ve-learned-about-space-is-that-the-human-body-starts-to/)

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[Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/)

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> [ Despite the ills of our society, we largely live among compassionate, kind and optimistic people who are striving to do good. \[...\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/despite-the-ills-of-our-society-we-largely-live-among-compassionate/)

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> [NASA's charter is to give Americans the means to get into the wild, black yonder, beyond even the grasp of the federal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/nasa-s-charter-is-to-give-americans-the-means-to-get-into-the-wild/)

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[Beyond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beyond/)

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> [Interestingly, 'October Sky' is an anagram of 'Rocket Boys', the same letters just moved around. This was discovered by director Joe Johnston…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/interestingly-october-sky-is-an-anagram-of-rocket-boys-the-same/)

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[Anagram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anagram/)

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> [You must completely dedicate yourselves to it. To do less will be to let down your country, your state, your parents, your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/you-must-completely-dedicate-yourselves-to-it-to-do-less-will-be-to/)

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[Citizen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/citizen/)

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> [Tired of burning fossil fuel and polluting the planet? The moon is covered with helium 3, an isotope from the sun that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/tired-of-burning-fossil-fuel-and-polluting-the-planet-the-moon-is/)

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[Fossil fuel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fossil-fuel/)

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> [The time frame is summer 1961, a year after the gold medal in the National Science Fair. I always saw my 'Coalwood'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/the-time-frame-is-summer-1961-a-year-after-the-gold-medal-in-the/)

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[Best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best/)

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> [The best way to learn to write is to read in the genre you might be interested in; then, you need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/the-best-way-to-learn-to-write-is-to-read-in-the-genre-you-might-be/)

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[Best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best/)

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> [Of all the federal agencies created by Congress, one of the true success stories is the 'Mine Safety and Health Administration', which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/of-all-the-federal-agencies-created-by-congress-one-of-the-true/)

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[Effort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/effort/)

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> [When I was a West Virginia lad of 17, I met a Massachusetts lad of 42 by the name of John F.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/when-i-was-a-west-virginia-lad-of-17-i-met-a-massachusetts-lad-of-42/)

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[John kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/john-kennedy/)

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> [Becoming a writer can kind of spoil your reading because you kind of read on tracks. You're reading as someone who wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/becoming-a-writer-can-kind-of-spoil-your-reading-because-you-kind-of/)

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[Becoming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/becoming/)

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> [Writer's block to me is where you stop because you're afraid to go forward because you're not sure of what really should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/writer-s-block-to-me-is-where-you-stop-because-you-re-afraid-to-go/)

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[Afraid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afraid/)

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> [You've got to be a good reader. So whatever genre that you're interested in, read a lot of books about it and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/you-ve-got-to-be-a-good-reader-so-whatever-genre-that-you-re/)

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[Admire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/admire/)

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> [Glenn's 1962 Mercury flight was fraught with dramatics, from his 'Zero G and I feel fine!' exultation upon entering orbit to his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/glenn-s-1962-mercury-flight-was-fraught-with-dramatics-from-his-zero/)

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[Glenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/glenn/)

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> [When I was a boy, one of my favorite places to go was a pine-filled hollow high on the mountain behind our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/when-i-was-a-boy-one-of-my-favorite-places-to-go-was-a-pine-filled/)

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[Heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heart/)

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> [After I'd gotten a year under my belt in college, I thought I'd outgrown my home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/after-i-d-gotten-a-year-under-my-belt-in-college-i-thought-i-d/)

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[Belt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belt/)

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> [Always I try to write about people. People are interested in other people always.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/always-i-try-to-write-about-people-people-are-interested-in-other/)

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[People](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/)

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> [Not much comes easy in this world, Sonny. If it does, it's best to be suspicious of it. It's probably not worth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/not-much-comes-easy-in-this-world-sonny-if-it-does-it-s-best-to-be/)

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> [“agitators were dispatched to Coalwood in droves and, very soon, wildcat strikes were hitting the mine every”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/agitators-were-dispatched-to-coalwood-in-droves-and-very-soon-wildcat/)

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[Strikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strikes/)

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> [My father lost an eye to a snapped cable while trying to rescue trapped miners, though he kept on working for fifteen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/my-father-lost-an-eye-to-a-snapped-cable-while-trying-to-rescue/)

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[Eye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eye/)

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> [My dad was a miner, but he was very much an intellectual. He loved to read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/my-dad-was-a-miner-but-he-was-very-much-an-intellectual-he-loved-to/)

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> [Remember, it isn't the dreamers who have good lives - it's the doers. Remember also what I call the three Ps of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/remember-it-isn-t-the-dreamers-who-have-good-lives-it-s-the-doers/)

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> [Throughout my childhood, when I raised my blanket in the morning, I saw a black, sparkling powder float off it. My socks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/throughout-my-childhood-when-i-raised-my-blanket-in-the-morning-i-saw/)

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[Childhood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/childhood/)

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> [I grew up listening to my dad, a miner who rose through the ranks to be the mine superintendent in Coalwood, W.V.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/i-grew-up-listening-to-my-dad-a-miner-who-rose-through-the-ranks-to/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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> [I always give a little talk before I sign books and ask for questions. I love the Q&A sessions. We have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/i-always-give-a-little-talk-before-i-sign-books-and-ask-for-questions/)

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[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

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> [Boeing, LockMart, and hundreds of other companies, large and small, work in the space business, and they also create new techniques and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/boeing-lockmart-and-hundreds-of-other-companies-large-and-small-work/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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## Homer Hickam by topic

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