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Pamplin Media Group - Bits & Pieces: Local man on 'Homemade Astronauts'


May 10 2021
Homemade Astronauts
A Portland man, Cameron Smith, is part of the new Discovery+ series Homemade Astronauts, which is available to stream Thursday, May 13.
On the show, regular people attempt to blast themselves into outer space, a news release says. Smith, a Portland State University anthropology professor, has created a spacesuit that can withstand all the elements of space travel with the ultimate goal of taking himself to the Armstrong line, 60,000 feet above ground. He ll use a hot-air ballon to float himself to the highest height.
Three self-financed teams are part of the program, and there ll be four episodes. Daredevil Mike Mad Mike Hughes and partner Waldo Stakes have built a Rockoon part rocket, part balloon to take them to the Karman line, 62 miles above Earth. And, Ky Michaelson, the first civilian to build and launch an unmanned rocket into space, has been working with his son, Buddy, and entrepreneur Kurt Anderson to bu ....

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Discovery+ preps docs from World of Wonder, Jupiter Entertainment and CNE
A new Discovery+ docuseries following three self-financed teams hoping to become the first private citizens to travel into space is set to stream May 13.
Homemade Astronauts is a four-episode series that .
May 3, 2021
A new Discovery+ docuseries following three self-financed teams hoping to become the first private citizens to travel into space is set to stream May 13.
Homemade Astronauts is a four-episode series that was filmed over two and a half years. The series includes lifelong daredevil ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes (pictured) and his build partner Waldo Stakes attempting to propel Hughes 62 miles above the Earth to the Karman line, the border between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space with a part rocket, part balloon machine. ....

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