October Sky
~BCMA~
"A rocket won't fly unless someone lights the fuse."
Sonny
Quentin
Sherman
Was given the name Homer Hardely Hickam Jr. when he was born, but his mother started calling him "Sunny" because of his personality. He was one of main BCMA/scientist in October Sky.
Quentin was a braniac that got picked on a lot. He was the lead innovative scientist of the BCMA. Nothing was ever a failure, its data was just put into the "body of knowledge". When Sonny asked him what he knew about rockets he said "everything".
A friend of Sonny's. He had polio as a kid but could still run as fast as everyone else but no one seemed to care. He was a member of the BCMA.
Roy Lee
Billy
O'Dell
A friend of Sonny's since they were little. His father was killed in a mine accident. He was a "playboy" and a member of the BCMA.
A BCMA member, who helped out. He joined around the time of the Auk X. When Auk XXIII crashed he fount a, money maker, ginseng root.
A friend of Sonny's. He always had the 'good ideas'. He was a member of the BCMA. He helps build and retrieve the rockets. He wasn't very involved in the design of the rockets.