Friends of Amateur Rocketry

Friends of Amateur Rocketry, better known simply as FAR, is a not-for-profit organization providing infrastructure for testing and launching large amateur and experimental rockets.[1] Their test and launch facility is located North of Edwards Air Force Base and near 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.

Amateur rocket launch at the Friends of Amateur Rocketry facility in the Mojave Desert.
Amateur rocket launch at FAR

See also

References
  1. "Homepage". FAR. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
  2. "Unreasonable Rocketeers". Makezine. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
  3. "FARther Out". Makezine. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
  4. "History". FAR. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
  5. "Long fun day". Unreasonable Rocket. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
  6. "Unreasonable Rocket". X Prize Lunar Lander Challenge. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
  7. "Flight Test of LOX/Methane Rocket". CALVEIN Rocket Project. Archived from the original on 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
  8. "Related Sites". Garvey Spacecraft Corporation. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
  9. "Mythbusters!". FAR / Pyrotechnic Innovations. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
  10. "How Hard Can It Be? Home Made Rocket". National Geographic Channel. Retrieved 2012-11-07.


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