Immanyarok

Imm-man-YAR-OK: n. Inupiat (polar Alaskan native) word for the 'Little People', spirits manifested as inexplicable lights you see on the tundra in polar winter; lights that you mustn't follow, lest they lead you into danger...

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Gone to Twitter!

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Well after about 10 years here, the platform is pretty archaic (too many steps to make a new post, add pictures etc) and it's a lot easi...

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Monday, June 19, 2017

Paper for Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop 2017 Underway!

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Back to the Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop in October, for this year's meetings with NASA technologists , managers of the Breakt...

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Thursday, May 11, 2017

2017 Pressure Suit Ready to Fly

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Eight years of design, building and testing seven models of a functional pressure suit , for my forthcoming expeditions to high altitudes, h...

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Monday, April 24, 2017

Progress Towards Flight!

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Probably the most useful skill I have ever learned, for my little domain of activity in life, is sailmaking. It taught me to make strong bon...

Thursday, April 20, 2017

The London Times

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Recently my project is part of a story in the Times of London ; the article mistakenly indicates that I will test my suit by jumping from my...

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Another Visitor!

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The other day I was thrilled to have a visiting high school student, Joseph T., and his Mom, come by the shop / my home. Joseph has exotic i...

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Ten Hours

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Ten hours' fabrication today / tonight assembled a new suit bladder from five textile patterns laying on the floor, cut last night. The ...

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Cameron McPherson Smith: I'm an author and explorer writing about evolution and space exploration; I also build and test exploration technologies, from sailing vessels to Arctic sledges and, currently, space suits; see more at pacificspaceflight.com.

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