Friends of Amateur Rocketry explained

Friends of Amateur Rocketry, better known simply as FAR, is an educational 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation providing infrastructure for static test firing and launching; small, medium, and large; solid, hybrid, and liquid; commercial and experimental rockets.[1] Their static test firing and launch facility known as FAR Site is located North of Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert.[2] [3] FAR was begun in 2003 by several friends and rocketry buffs as a spin-off from RRS.[4] The FAR Site has been used by multiple groups, including Unreasonable Rocket,[5] [6] CSULB,[7] Garvey Spacecraft Corporation, UCSD, [8] MythBusters[9] and an episode of How Hard Can It Be?[10] on the National Geographic Channel. FAR utilizes California State Fire Marshal licensed Pyrotechnic Operators-Class 1, 2, and 3 Rockets.[11] FAR does not require an individual to have a National Association of Rocketry (NAR) or Tripoli Rocketry Association (TRA) certification to launch their rockets.

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  1. Web site: Homepage. FAR. 2012-11-07.
  2. Web site: Unreasonable Rocketeers. Makezine. 2012-11-07.
  3. Web site: FARther Out. Makezine. 2012-11-07.
  4. Web site: History. FAR. 2012-11-07.
  5. Web site: Long fun day.. 4 June 2011 . Unreasonable Rocket. 2012-11-07.
  6. Web site: Unreasonable Rocket. X Prize Lunar Lander Challenge. 2012-11-07.
  7. Web site: Flight Test of LOX/Methane Rocket. CALVEIN Rocket Project. 2012-11-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20130518081353/http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/coe/mae/views/projects/rocket/news_2008/flight_4_12_2008.shtml. 2013-05-18. dead.
  8. Web site: Related Sites. Garvey Spacecraft Corporation. 2012-11-07.
  9. Web site: Mythbusters!. FAR / Pyrotechnic Innovations. 2012-11-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20120308120424/http://far.pyroinnovations.com/mythbusters.html. 2012-03-08. dead.
  10. Web site: How Hard Can It Be? Home Made Rocket. https://web.archive.org/web/20120330005619/http://natgeotv.com/uk/how-hard-can-it-be/galleries/home-made-rocket. dead. March 30, 2012. National Geographic Channel. 2012-11-07.
  11. Web site: Licenses – Friends of Amateur Rocketry, Inc. . 2023-12-13 . en-US.

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