On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, New York Times bestselling author Homer Hickam joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss his new book Dont Blow Yourself Up: The Further True Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky and recount some of his lifes most exciting experiences.<\/p>\n
I was functioning [when] I came back from Vietnam, I was functioning I had relationships and I was just living life but I was unmoored. I didnt have an anchor. I really, you know, looking back on it, I realized I was just searching for what is my passion in life? because Id had that before Vietnam, Hickam said. Id had it when I was a rocket boy in Coalwood, West Virginia. Id had it at Virginia Tech when I was building that cannon and studying really hard to be an engineer and so on. Id had it and then I kind of lost it. I was just kind of wandering around in the desert, if you will, in my mind trying to figure out what it was that that I should do. Its is one of the reasons that ultimately I think scuba diving kind of saved me.<\/p>\n
Hickam said he likes to try new things and is always looking for his next adventure.<\/p>\n
I just have this kind of passion, it builds up inside of me, that I cant really control. I mean, I can but I dont want to, especially if its a positive thing, he said.<\/p>\n
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