Trailer do filme sobre um fazendeiro que está lançando uma espaçonave de seu celeiro

Este é O Fazendeiro Astronauta .

Sinopse da Wikipédia:

Charles Farmer is a former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and astronaut-in-training who reluctantly resigned from the space program and was discharged from the military before he could fulfill his dream of becoming a vital part of NASA. He did so in order to take over his family's failing ranch in Texas after his financially strapped father's suicide prior to the ranch being foreclosed on.

Having missed the opportunity to travel into space, he decides to build a working replica of the historic Mercury-Atlas rocket and spacecraft in the barn on his secluded ranch in the fictional town of Story, Texas, using all his assets and facing his own foreclosure of the ranch as a result. But he has done so with the ongoing support of his wife Audrey, his teenage son Shepard, and young daughters Stanley and Sunshine. When he begins making inquiries about purchasing rocket fuel, the FBI and FAA step in to investigate, and the ensuing publicity thrusts Farmer into the spotlight and makes him a media darling.

Farmer's launch is delayed by endless red tape created by U.S. government officials from the FAA, FBI, CIA, NASA and the Department of Defense, who seek to stall him beyond his deadline and force his creditors to foreclose on the farm. Farmer was counting on publicity to help him financially. He is denied the hydrazine fuel he requires, with government officials claiming he is a security risk and that it is too dangerous to allow a private citizen to launch a space vehicle. Facing financial ruin, he panics, climbs aboard, and, using a less-than-optimal substitute fuel, he somehow launches the rocket. However, after only a foot or two of vertical lift, the rocket descends back down, falls over, and horizontally blasts out of the old wooden barn where it was constructed.

Farmer nearly dies from head trauma and other injuries after his capsule is thrown from the rocket. News media, spectators and all their vehicles are nearly crushed in the process. During the months he spends recuperating, public interest in his project wanes, and while he recovers slowly, he is depressed at the failure of the project and of his dream.

Fortunately, an inheritance from her father, Hal, is unexpectedly left to Audrey after his death, which allows them to bring their debts current. Audrey, realizing how much Charles' dream means to the entire family, encourages Charles to construct another rocket, financing it with the rest of her inheritance. He is able to do so in relative privacy.

Using a ruse to distract snooping government officials, Charles succeeds in launching the rocket, while the FAA claims no such thing has occurred. As the rocket rises out of the barn, the locals and law enforcement authorities in the area are amazed to watch it rise into space. After orbiting Earth nine times and suffering a brief period of a communication blackout, Charles returns safely and is given a hero's welcome home, appearing on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and as seen in still photos shown during the end credits, while playing Elton John's Rocket Man.

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O fazendeiro astronauta também é minha primeira escolha para se encaixar melhor, mas October Sky fica bem perto e, como não há resposta aceite eu vou jogá-lo no mix.

As principais diferenças sendo a família foram os mineiros de carvão, não os agricultores (embora eles vivessem em uma fazenda) e saiu em 1999, não no início de 2000.

In a 1950's mining town called Coalwood, Homer Hickam is a kid with only one future in sight, to work in the local coal mine like his father. However in October 1957, everything changes when the first artificial satellite, Sputnik goes into orbit. With that event, Homer becomes inspired to learn how to build rockets. With his friends and the local nerd, Homer sets to do just that by trial and a lot of error. Unfortunately, most of the town and especially Homer's father thinks that they are wasting their time. Only one teacher in the high school understands their efforts and lets them know that they could become contenders in the national science fair with college scholarships being the prize. Now the gang must learn to perfect their craft and overcome the many problems facing them as they shoot for the stars.

    

Desculpe, não posso inserir um clipe de trailer, mas essa descrição poderia caber em Mercury Project de 2000. Este filme da Disney seguiu as aventuras de um astronauta aposentado e um grupo de adolescentes que reformaram peças para monte um Mercury / Redstone completo (incluindo o teste estático do motor do foguete).

Eles são então abordados pela NASA, para transportar algum item crítico para um ônibus espacial em órbita em uma tabela de tempo que a NASA não pode acomodar com qualquer embarcação existente. Um Redstone não pode colocar uma cápsula de Mercúrio em órbita, é claro - mas a NASA instala um monte de pequenos foguetes sólidos. Então o astronauta sofre um ataque cardíaco - então um dos adolescentes acaba de lançar-se na cápsula de Mercúrio.

Claro, como é um filme da Disney, o garoto é bem sucedido em atracar com o ônibus espacial, entrega o pequeno pacote e retorna com segurança para a Terra, salvando o dia.

Resumo do IMDB para o título alternativo Redemoinho vermelho de Rocket :

A troubled 17-year-old Todd Baker restores a Mercury Redstone rocket as a science project with the help of his ex-astronaut grandfather. When a NASA emergency leaves a space shuttle and its crew in danger, Todd's rocket is the only one ready for immediate launch.