Английская Википедия:Homemade Astronauts

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox television Homemade Astronauts is a television show on The Science Channel (Discovery Science USA) and Discovery+, that started airing in 2021. It featured DIY wannabe astronauts, who design and build their own equipment, in an attempt to reach the edge of space. The people are average Americans building on their farms, ranches, garages, backyards.

History

Mike Hughes reached Шаблон:Convert altitude in a manned steam rocket in 2018, filmed for the series, setting a record for an amateur manned rocket.

Discovery Networks gave the greenlight for full series production in 2019, for airing on The Science Channel in 2020.

In February 2020, during filming an attempt by Mike Hughes to reach Шаблон:Convert or Шаблон:Convert in altitude, the steam rocket crashed on landing, killing Hughes.

In March 2020, the show filmed an attempt by Kurt Anderson to break the world ice speed record in his rocket sled Arctic Arrow using a peroxide rocket, with the Rocketboys team. The attempt resulted in a crash that destroyed the dragster sled, just shy of the record, reaching Шаблон:Convert, short of the record of Шаблон:Convert.

Season 1 began airing in May 2021, having been filmed over 2.5 years, for a total of 4 episodes. Season 1 carries a dedication Шаблон:'This series is dedicated to Michael "Mad Mike" Hughes 1956-2020Шаблон:'. And it uses the title crawl "The newDIY space race is here. Tech giantsEveryday people are making history. They're using their billionscredit cards to fund their dreams."

Cast

Featured on the show include:

Team Hughes/Stakes

• Mike Hughes, professional daredeveil, wannabe astronaut
• Waldo Stakes, vehicle designer; builder of Hughes' manned rocket
• Stephanie, Waldo's daughter and team member

The Rocketboys (Team Michaelson/Anderson)

• Ky Michaelson, SFX artist and stuntman and amateur rocketeer, who in 2004 built the first amateur rocket that reached space at zenith of Шаблон:Convert up;
• Kurt Anderson, Rocketboys mechanical engineer, and Arctic Arrow rocket sled dragster pilot, wannabe astronaut
• David, Rocketboys electronics engineer
• Buddy Michaelson, son of Ky, Rocketboys parachute expert

Pacific Space Flight (Team Smith)

• Cameron Smith, doctor of anthropology and archaeology, and Portland State University anthropology professor, wannabe astronaut, who built his own spacesuit, and wanting to go to the edge of space
• Majorie, a student and part of Team Smith

Teams

Teams shown include:

• The Rocketboys: (Team Michaelson/Anderson) using a solid fuel rocket; attempting to build a manned space rocket to reach the edge of space (Шаблон:Convert), the McDowell Line
• Team Hughes/Stakes, using a balloon launch steam rocket rockoon to reach Шаблон:Convert up, the Karman Line
• Pacific Space Flight: (Team Smith) using a balloon; to reach the Armstrong Line (Шаблон:Convert or Шаблон:Convert), in a high altitude balloon

See also

• Civilian Space eXploration Team
• Ansari X-Prize
• Billionaire space race
• Space 2.0

External links

• Шаблон:IMDb title