Gemma and Ian talk to Homer Hickman. . Homer Hickam, is a world-class Scuba diver and the New York Times best-selling author of Rocket Boys, the most read book in U.S. schools, which was adapted for the big screen as the now-beloved classic film, October Sky based on Homer's life as a young rocket engineer growing up in Coalwood, West Virgnia. His latest book 'Don't Blow Yourself Up' is a memoir on what happens after Coalwood where he talks about scuba diving and its crucial role in training astronauts for weightlessness in space. Homer became a deep-sea diver at far-flung oceans and islands around the globe and discovered previously unknown sunken WWII German U-boats in the Mid Atlantic, which led Hickam to write the first-ever definitive account of secret naval battles just off the North Carolina coast "Torpedo Junction" for Naval Institute Press.
Website: https://homerhickam.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HomerHickamOfficialPage
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DESCRIPTION Gemma and Ian talk to Homer Hickman. . Homer Hickam, is a world-class Scuba diver and the New York Times best-selling author of Rocket Boys, the most read book in U.S. schools, which was adapted for the big screen as the now-beloved classic film, October Sky based on Homer's life as a young rocket engineer growing up in Coalwood, West Virgnia. His latest book 'Don't Blow Yourself Up' is a memoir on what happens after Coalwood where he talks about scuba diving and its crucial role in training astronauts for weightlessness in space. Homer became a deep-sea diver at far-flung oceans and islands around the globe and discovered previously unknown sunken WWII German U-boats in the Mid Atlantic, which led Hickam to write the first-ever definitive account of secret naval battles just off the North Carolina coast "Torpedo Junction" for Naval Institute Press.
Website: https://homerhickam.com/
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