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Topic: Amateur rocketry

	GARY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The sport rocketry community is composed of a diverse population of participants which include children, beginning recreational flyers, experienced rocketeers, and recognized rocketry experts who each exhibit wide-ranging interests, goals, and capabilities.
		Amateur rocketry is an all encompassing term applied to those who practice sport rocketry outside of the self-regulated organizations.
		Amateur rocketry enthusiasts and amateur rocketry organizations pursue sport rocketry with an open-ended approach which allows and requires activities outside those of the safety codes and policies set by the self-regulating organizations.
	home.comcast.net /~bollesg/rockets/gary.html (779 words)

	NAVRO - Amateur Rocketry
		These amateur rockets don't generally use HPR components, mostly they are built using other materials, like PVC drain pipe and aluminium.
		Within the NAVRO most amateur rockets are built as a team effort of a group of people, each with his own fields of knowledge.
		Most amateur rockets are launched from a six metre long launch rail.
	www.navro.nl /amateur_rocketry (313 words)

	Welcome to Rocketry
		Amateur Rocketry (also Experimental Rocketry) is rocketry where the entire rocket is built by the hobbyist, including the motor.
		Amateur rocketry groups exist, but there are no national organizations which offer insurance and support amateur launches.
		Amateur rocketry is appealing to People who either want to do everything themselves or enjoy the process of developing and making their own motors.
	www.jcrocket.com /welcome.shtml (5642 words)

	NAVRO
		The NAVRO activities spans the whole range of the rocketry hobby, from small model rockets, greater and more complex HPR rockets to advanced amateur rockets which are often team efforts.
		Although similar in size and performance to amateur rockets, HPR rockets are built using commercially available kits or parts and motors.
		Building an amateur rocket requires an array of specialised skills therefore amateur rockets are usually built as a team effort.
	www.navro.nl (404 words)

	Spacefem.com :: View topic - amateur rocketry
		Amateur rocketry plays an important role in stimulating the fascination of young minds in this direction, and provides an essential teaching tool and experimentation paradigm for developing technological expertise in areas necessary in this endeavor, for those in elementary, secondary and higher education.
		Practioners and advocates of amateur experimental, and sports rocketry are engaged in educational and lobbying activities to restore Senator Enzi's original legislation.
		Senators Hatch and Kohl, steadfast in their opposition to Senator Enzi's broad exemption for non-detonable rocketry propellant (propellants used in hobby and amateur rocketry, but wholly unsuitable for military applications) had prepared a complete substitution for S.724.
	spacefem.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=9649 (1668 words)

	Space Policy Digest Article - Amateur Rocketry Takes Flight
		The importance of amateurs in both the early development of rocketry and in its current state should not be underestimated.
		Rocket engines developed by amateurs with high ideals were pressed into service in Soviet "Prison Bureaus" to produce weapons of war, were rapidly evolved into the V-2 rocket in the death camps of Peenemunde and Dura of Germany, or relegated to minor roles of assisting aircraft take-off in the American military machine.
		Amateur rocket societies and clubs had to be satisfied with model rockets using cheap solid rocket engines.
	www.frontierstatus.com /spacepolicyarticles/200004_Amateur_Rocketry.html (2900 words)

	Amateur Rocketry Society of America - ARSA
		The Amateur Rocketry Society of America's (ARSA) goal is to enable US citizens to enjoy all forms of amateur rocketry.
		Amateur rocketry has its roots with the early pioneers such as Goddard, Oberth and Von Braun.
		Amateur rocketry is different from model or high power rocketry in that the rocket motors are made by the amateur.
	www.space-rockets.com /arsa.html (358 words)

	Amateur Rocketry
		Amateur rocketry now ranges from the model rockets you buy at your local hobby store to high power rockets available to qualified adults to advanced rockets, built by serious amateur rocketry groups, that are approaching the threshold of space.
		Model rocketry grew rapidly in the 1950's with the wave of interest in the new space age.
		Numerous rocketry groups are attacking amateur high altitude records and are getting close to the official borderline of space, i.e.
	amateur-rocketry.org.ru (590 words)

	Rocketry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		For those of you who may be new to SARA Space Net or even for the veteran listener, Rocketry is a major topic of discussion.
		The four classes of Rocketry are designated by the motors used to power the rockets of each class.
		This is just a brief presentation on rocketry, as I have barely scratched the surface on the subject.
	www.saraclub.net /new_page_6.htm (884 words)

	HobbySpace - Rocketry
		odel rocketry grew rapidly in the 1950's with the wave of interest in the new space age.
		Rocketry teens talk to NASA officials: Laguna Creek High School team to compete in launch.
		NAR is the largest and oldest of the amateur rocketry associations was founded in 1957.
	www.hobbyspace.com /Rocketry (1683 words)

	NASM Space Artifacts: Amateur Rocket
		The U.S. Army, in an effort to both encourage youngsters to learn what they could from their experiments and to also have the experiments conducted in safety, sponsored various supervised amateur rocketry events which included classroom instruction and Army publications on the safety and scientific approach to this activity.
		This is one example of an amateur rocket of the period which was flown at an Army-sponsored model rocketry meet, held at Fort Pickett, Virgina, May 22, 1965.
		In the early 1960's, before the modern sport of model rocketry began with commercially available, model rocketry kits were available for youngsters, the U.S. Army held a series of educational, invitational amateur rocket meets at Fort Knox and Camp Pickett.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/dsh/artifacts/RM-Amateur.htm (361 words)

	rec.models.rockets FAQ Table of Contents
		Amateur rocketry, pyrotechnics, rocket motor-making, and "EX" rocketry are related topics that fall outside of the scope of this newsgroup.
		This FAQ (list of Frequently Asked Questions) is an attempt to compile a number of questions and suggestions that have been repeatedly posted to r.m.r into a single, quickly readable document.
		This document was NOT meant to be a 'how to' on any form of non-professional rocketry It's hoped that it might be of use in answering some of the more commonly asked questions, summarizing some good tips and suggestions, and directing the reader to other documents, books, sources, etc., where more information may be found.
	www.ninfinger.org /~sven/rockets/rmrfaq.toc.html (2342 words)

	The Bowery Prize for Amateur Rocketry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		I hereby, and until notice to the contrary, endow the Bowery Award for Amateur Rocketry with $1000 going to the next amateurs launching a vehicle to a height in excess of 200 kilometers, to be disbursed at my sole discretion.
		Individuals can post a public pledge of money as a prize award for any technical objective they see fit, to be disbursed at their sole discretion.
		With enough diversity of people and technical objectives, there would be a "fuzzy" gradient of incentive created for ever higher performance amateur rockets, not dependent on the credibility of any one organization's political structure for "fairness" or good technical judgement.
	www.geocities.com /jim_bowery/bafar.html (212 words)

	a Rocket Science Resource for Experimental Rocketeers
		ARSA Amateur Rocketry Society of America: Leads legislative efforts to ease regulatory burden for amateur rocketeers and supports all types of hobby rocketry.
		Amateur rocketry is: encompassing many of the goals and methods employed by professional rocketry work at NASA and other representative organizations at a fraction of the cost.
		Amateur rocketeers are typically small groups or dedicated individuals working within small budgets.
	www.arocketry.net /faq.html (1558 words)

	Glossary of Terms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Amateur rockets use structural metal parts and very often the motor casing doubles as the airframe (as with professional rockets).
		This is the main reason that amateur rocketry is not to be attempted alone.
		While the term is sometimes used to describe igniters used in hobby rocketry, especially HPR igniters such as electric matches (q.v.), true squibs are almost never used as igniters since their purpose is to set up a detonation pressure wave to set off pressure sensitive explosives (e.g.
	www.astre471.org /glossary.html (10182 words)

	Amateur Rocketry
		Amateur rocketry hobbyists experiment with fuels and make their own rocket motors, often launching rockets hundreds of miles out to sea.
		Amateur rockets can be dangerous because noncommercial rocket motors fail more often than commercial rocket motors.
		Amateur rocketry was an especially popular hobby in the late 1950s, following the launch of Sputnik.
	www.please-fly.com (294 words)

	HobbySpace - Rocketry
		In this section we cite various advanced experimental rocketry acheivements such as the highest altitude reached by an amateur rocket.
		Funding was provided in part by the National Space Society, and the work was carried out under the auspices of the Pacific Rocket Society (PRS) as part of an effort to send an amateur rocket to an altitude of 80 kilometers.
		This motor (four were built and flown) had a total impulse of 23,800 lbf-seconds, a thrust of 3400 lbf, and an ISP of 190 seconds, with a burn time of 7 seconds.
	www.hobbyspace.com /Rocketry/Advanced/records.html (1752 words)

	Richard Nakka's Experimental Rocketry Site
		ARL Library is probably the best page on the net for amateur rocketry related web resources, including lots of useful downloadable software and links to every known experimental rocketry web site.
		NERO is a long-standing Dutch amateur rocketry organization.
		TAAX is a new Spanish amateur rocketry group which has developed and tested several rockets, including PVC sugar propellant motors.
	www.nakka-rocketry.net /linx.html (2084 words)

	Open Directory - Science: Technology: Pyrotechnics: Experimental Rocketry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Amateur Experimental Rocketry - Rocketry.Org maintains a large web database of suppliers for anything experimental rocketry enthusiasts could want, as well as a global rocketry organizations database and book lists.
		National Association of Rocketry - The NAR is the oldest and largest sport rocketry organization in the world.
		Contains several personal rocketry projects that go into detailed explanation that anyone starting in scratch-built rocketry might be interested in.
	dmoz.org /Science/Technology/Pyrotechnics/Experimental_Rocketry (518 words)

	rec.models.rockets FAQ Part 14 - Amateur Rocketry
		Especially note that this comment is NOT aimed at serious amateur rocketry organizations, college level research, etc. End of soapbox." In summary: The bottom line is that rec.models.rockets is primarily a newsgroup for discussing consumer rocketry (which covers model rocketry and high power rocketry).
		If, however, you insist on partaking in amateur rocketry, then the editor(s) of this FAQ urge you to get in contact with an established amateur rocketry group for guidance and assistance.
		This includes discussions relating to amateur rocket designs, making motors, safety, laws, events, experiences, news, reviews, commentary and other items which could be described as of general interest to amateur rocket people.
	www.cs.uu.nl /wais/html/na-dir/model-rockets/amateur.html (1254 words)

	SPACE.com -- Amateurs to Make a Stab at Space With Rocket
		The Civilian Space Xploration Team (CSXT), a collection of rocket jocks, engineers and space enthusiasts around the country, are set to launch their rocket, dubbed Primera Spaceshot 2002, by the end of June from the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
		In 1995, he came across an altitude record for high power rockets (amateur vehicles that go higher and faster than the store-bought Estes models) in a magazine.
		One of the major spin-offs from the Spaceshot project, and other amateur rocketry efforts, is student interest in mathematics and science as a whole.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/launches/amateur_rocket_020618.html (1079 words)

	Stark Draper Open Source Rocketry Award
		The manufacture of the rocketry entry should be accomplished by tools and materials that are readily available to the general public from multiple sources or are themselves Open Source.
		My primary intent here is to create an award that encourages free distribution of detailed rocketry designs that can be refined by a number of individuals similar to the way Linux kernel development has harness the energies of a large team throughout the world.
		Candidates for the Stark Draper Open Source Rocketry Award may be relinquishing substantial rights to maintain intellectual property via trade secrets (and may be relinquishing foreign patent rights if they haven't filed by the date they publish on the web).
	www.outlander.com /draper.htm (893 words)

	Richard Nakka's Experimental Rocketry Site
		Unlike Model Rocketry or High Power Rocketry, experimental rocketry is an activity whereby rockets are designed and constructed entirely from "scratch" -- including motor and propellant.
		The goal of Amateur Experimental Rocketry (AER), often simply referred to as Amateur Rocketry or Experimental Rocketry, is to design, build, test and launch rockets.
		Amateur Experimental Rocketry has many inherent hazards that must be fully understood before one can consider becoming actively involved.
	www.nakka-rocketry.net (1039 words)

	National Association of Rocketry \| The Sport Rocketry Hobby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		If you'd like to learn more about how you can participate in sport rocketry activities for all ages already taking place in your own area, be sure to explore our entire website.
		Model rocketry was developed during the "space race" era as an alternative to the amateur rocket activity -- involving metallic airframes and the mixing of dangerous propellants -- that was responsible for injuring and even killing numerous young scientific experimenters.
		This is another good reason for joining an NAR Section -- many organized clubs already have the personnel and experience in making these tedious arrangements, freeing you to concentrate on the actual flying.
	www.nar.org /NARmodeltypes.html (882 words)

	Mevyap.com - Amateur Rocketry Links
		One of the two largest organizations (the other being Tripoli) for promoting safe rocketry.
		For any research on rocketry, aerodynamics, fluid dynamics, etc., this is an excellent place to start.
		A trove of information on the hobby of model rocketry.
	www.mevyap.com /links/rocketry.html (323 words)

	Amateur Rocketry Society of America - Newsletter
		Model rocketry is enjoyed by thousands of Americans each year, and I am committed to passing legislation that will allow them to continue this enjoyable, safe, and educational activity.
		Model rocketry encourages students to study math and science, and it is a valuable tool for those who may be interested in the space program.
		Amateurs who make their own ammonium perchlorate composite propellants also need an ATF permit to move ammonium perchlorate composite propellant within the state it is made.
	www.space-rockets.com /arsanews.html (8746 words)

	Fly Rockets - Clubs
		The Amateur Rocketry Society of America's primary goal is to enable US citizens to enjoy all forms of amateur rocketry.
		The IEAS is an education and research society of rocketry and space technology experimenters from around the world.
		Our aims are to support the amateur rocktetry experimentalist by sharing technical and safety information, provide facilities, aquire funding and work to have an reasonable regulatory environment.
	www.flyrockets.com /clubs.html (1206 words)

	Rocketry Online!
		The author, whose aerial photos and articles have graced the pages of Extreme Rocketry and High Power Rocketry magazines, has well over 20 years experience in rocket aerial photography.
		The booklet features 55 photos and 17 drawings to guide the reader through the process of choosing a camera, modifying it for flight, and constructing a payload using a variety of techniques.
		Available from select hobby shops and rocket vendors (dealer inquiries welcome), the new book is also available immediately in the educational books section of the Extreme Rocketry webstore located at www.extremerocketry.com.
	www.rocketryonline.com (683 words)

	Amateur Rocketry - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum
		As an amateur (then professionsl) since 1944, I can say with some certainty that a model or amateur rocket could not hit ten barns, much less one at any distance.
		For more information on the problems facing model rocketry, high power rocketry especially, visit www.rocketryonline.com and on the left side click on RMR Newsgroup" under "Elsewhere".
		For general information, the BAFTE has listed the fuel for high power rockets as an explosive and as such is trying to write rules that are so restrictive as kill high power as we know it now.
	www.bautforum.com /showthread.php?t=21018 (443 words)

	New Scientist Breaking News - First amateur rocket blasts into space (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		An amateur rocket called GoFast has made history by becoming the first such rocket to reach 100 kilometres altitude - the official edge of space.
		The history of amateur rocketry stretches back to the 1930's, says Bonsor.
		This $250,000 prize was to be awarded for the first to carry a two kilogram payload to an altitude of 200 kilometres.
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn5005 (506 words)

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