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 build and launch a fuel-powered, manned space rocket.