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40. That movie was what I thought of.....

Thu May 23, 2013, 07:23 PM

May 2013

..... when this honor student was condemned and expelled for her actions. Great movie. Glad to see she and sister have won a scholarship to space camp. We must acknowledge and encourage our young people to reach for the stars with their scientific experiments and ideas, not punish them for it.
There are so many discoveries yet to be made!

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Cleared of charges after explosion, Florida teen gets full scholarship to space academy [View all] FourScore May 2013 OP

Good news! n/t cynatnite May 2013 #1

Was just about to post this. malthaussen May 2013 #2

I love happy endings! JNelson6563 May 2013 #3

Homer! immoderate May 2013 #4

thanks, really glad to read that. niyad May 2013 #5

And I hope her school learns a valuable lesson from this. kentauros May 2013 #6

They probably won't. It's Polk County. Redneck and racist. n/t winterpark May 2013 #15

She's still expelled, so they probably won't. (nt) Posteritatis May 2013 #36

And that must be let kids whistler162 May 2013 #49

Awesome! Solly Mack May 2013 #7

Got a scholarship because of her blast. So there... Eleanors38 May 2013 #8

Why, yes he was. YDogg May 2013 #14

Yeah, that was a great movie! kentauros May 2013 #16

Loved the Movie Lebam in LA May 2013 #21

Now I know. Thanks! Eleanors38 May 2013 #35

That movie was what I thought of..... ReRe May 2013 #40

Back in the '60s, Estes rockets were all the rage Art_from_Ark May 2013 #45

I still long for those days... Javaman May 2013 #52

+1000 blackspade May 2013 #57

I also had a plastic rocket propelled by water pressure Art_from_Ark May 2013 #58

Those were great! Javaman May 2013 #59

I even had a Malt-O-Meal rocket once Art_from_Ark May 2013 #60

And for a while, it seemed like just about everyone was giving away Art_from_Ark May 2013 #61

I think those are still being made. Lars39 May 2013 #65

Do you have any idea who makes them? Art_from_Ark May 2013 #67

This is what I was thinking of: Lars39 May 2013 #68

That is one type that we had, for sure Art_from_Ark May 2013 #70

Huh. Don't remember those. Lars39 May 2013 #71

We had a rocketry club at school in the early 70s and we set off many Estes rockets Tom Ripley May 2013 #74

The '60s and '70s were pretty exciting times for rocketry and space exploration Art_from_Ark May 2013 #75

And all the DU'ers who were giving the girl shit snooper2 May 2013 #9

Oh, wonderful! That's grand news! Homer is a Hero! PDJane May 2013 #10

Yay! NV Whino May 2013 #11

Good for her--she's obviously very bright and will do well with this opportunity! Orrex May 2013 #12

See how they almost fucked up that little girl's life? Iggo May 2013 #13

The two sisters and more, including a movie about Homer: freshwest May 2013 #17

THANK YOU!!! I LOVE THIS!!! n/t FourScore May 2013 #19

YW! Homer and the young ladies have a lot in common. It's important that people look for the best freshwest May 2013 #26

Smart and beautiful! Marrah_G May 2013 #42

Oh no! "Permanently expelled" what will she do now?? Did she find another school? Number23 May 2013 #63

Please repost this as a new thread. longship May 2013 #77

Where do you think it should go? The Lounge? GD? freshwest May 2013 #78

Hell yeah! MynameisBlarney May 2013 #18

October Sky Lebam in LA May 2013 #20

Good trivia! I did not know that. I like the movie...and now the man! n/t FourScore May 2013 #24

which was based on the book, Rocket Boys pokerfan May 2013 #25

Rocket Boys Lebam in LA May 2013 #31

October Sky is an anagram of Rocket Boys csziggy May 2013 #79

What a wonderful development. n/t UtahLib May 2013 #22

A Great motivation for them. Naijabizcom May 2013 #23

at Pratt & Whitney, the bigger the bang the better MisterP May 2013 #27

Lovely malaise May 2013 #28

Yay! K&R! MotherPetrie May 2013 #29

I once set my stove on fire darkangel218 May 2013 #30

kick Liberal_in_LA May 2013 #32

good news Liberal_in_LA May 2013 #33

k&r thanks for posting. rhett o rick May 2013 #34

awesome arely staircase May 2013 #37

Warms my heart! Melissa G May 2013 #38

Beautiful! ananda May 2013 #39

Perfect Marrah_G May 2013 #41

On the words of my daughter TxDemChem May 2013 #43

Love this! KT2000 May 2013 #44

Wonderful! Common sense finally won one. Menwhile a young primary school student ... marble falls May 2013 #46

Excellent! Canuckistanian May 2013 #47

I didn't even know we had a space academy. Fuck, where have I been? Warren DeMontague May 2013 #48

Clearly you missed "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet" LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2013 #51

Well, there we have the best half of a good ending.... defacto7 May 2013 #50

Well done. Baitball Blogger May 2013 #53

Great News treestar May 2013 #54

GREAT STORY! Makes my day! elleng May 2013 #55

Nice that there is ray of sunshine in this pointless persecution blackspade May 2013 #56

K&R I love this!! Number23 May 2013 #62

I hope they don't leave her at this "alternative" school for long LeftInTX May 2013 #66

This could use another kick. redqueen May 2013 #64

Warms my heart to see Bonx May 2013 #69

Well said, Bonx! FourScore May 2013 #72

Reminds me of the true story (and AWESOME Jake G. movie "October Sky"!) of Homer H. Hickam, Jr.! WinkyDink May 2013 #73

Wow! What a great ending to this story LittleBlue May 2013 #76