Calculationist Mindset on Instagram: "October Sky (1999) is a biographical drama film based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner’s son from the small town of Coalwood, West Virginia, who dreams of building rockets and escaping a life in the mines. Set in the late 1950s, the film begins when the Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, inspiring Homer to take an interest in rocketry. With encouragement from his teacher Miss Riley and the help of his friends, he starts experimenting with homema