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GUEST: Actor Chris Cooper<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I told you we didn’t know what we were doin’!” shouts Quentin, running away.<\/p>\n

“Oh, no,” says Homer.<\/p>\n

“God in heaven, I thought it was a guided missile!” says a miner.<\/p>\n

“I thought the damn Russians were attackin’ us,” says another miner. “The boy’s in trouble now.”<\/p>\n

John Hickam points at the rocket, stuck in the ground. “So this is what you been up to in the basement, huh?”<\/p>\n

“Yes, sir,” says Homer, quietly.<\/p>\n

“Damn, Homer,” says John. “You could’ve killed somebody with this idiot thing.”<\/p>\n

“I know. I’m sorry,” says Homer.<\/p>\n

“Homer here wants to be a rocket scientist,” laughs a mining executive. “Is that it, John?”<\/p>\n

“He has no idea what he wants to be,” says John Hickam. “But I know what he is. He’s a menace, and he’s a damn thief.” John picks up the rocket.<\/p>\n

“Dad–” says Homer, but is interrupted by his father.<\/p>\n

“And so is whoever helped you,” continues John. He looks at the welds. “Ike Bykovsky did this, didn’t he?”<\/p>\n

John points at the rocket. “Don’t you ever<\/em> let me catch you with these fool things -” says John.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GUEST: Actor Chris Cooper","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2102,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/os020.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osLogo.jpeg","cover_image_id":"2259","duration":"16:06","filesize":"15.17M","filesize_raw":"15911373","date_recorded":"2024-05-15","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"20","itunes_title":"Minute 020: He's a Menace, and a Damn Thief!","itunes_season_number":"1","itunes_episode_type":"full"},"tags":[],"series":[17],"class_list":["post-466","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","series-the-october-sky-minute-podcast"],"aioseo_notices":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/os020-scaled.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osLogo.jpeg","download_link":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/podcast-download\/466\/minute-020-hes-a-menace-and-a-damn-thief.mp3","player_link":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/podcast-player\/466\/minute-020-hes-a-menace-and-a-damn-thief.mp3","audio_player":"

Minute 020: He’s a Menace, and a Damn Thief!<\/a><\/blockquote>