Originally posted by storch
I think she says pudknockers not rookies
Nope. She starts the convo calling them rookies and ends up with pudknockers.
Yeager's cameo is:
Fred: "You boys want a drink of whiskey?"
Liaison Man: "No thanks, just some coffee Fred."
NASA Recruiter:"Uh, I'll take a Coke, please...in a clean glass."
Fred: "A COKE?"
NASA Recruiter:"In a clean glass."

Another neat cameo is by Anthony Munoz, former Offensive tackle for the Cincinatti Bengals. He plays Gonzolez, the huge orderly in the New Mexico clinic.
A bit of sad trivia about Jane Dornaker who played Nurse Murch:
On October 22, 1986 Jane was killed while doing a traffic report on WNBC-AM in New York City. Much to the horror and dismay of radio host Joey Reynolds and the millions of WNBC-AM listeners who heard the terrified voice of Jane Dornacker screaming "HIT THE WATER! HIT THE WATER! HIT THE WATER!" as the helicopter from which she and pilot Bill Pate were reporting, fell from the sky and crashed into the Hudson River live on the air.