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.
