{"id":2141,"date":"2013-05-06T18:02:54","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T18:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2141"},"modified":"2013-05-06T18:02:54","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T18:02:54","slug":"video-a-day-at-the-far-mojave-test-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2141","title":{"rendered":"Video: A day at the FAR Mojave test site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/friendsofamateurrocketry.org\/Home.html\" target=\"_d\">Friends of Amateur Rocketry (FAR)<\/a> posted the video below showing highlights of activities at their Mojave test site on Saturday May, 4th. These activities included:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0the launch of a high power sugar fueled rocket and the first successful static firing of a 6&#8243; rocket motor for the Sugar Shot to Space project (the previous two motor tests resulted in CATOs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CP2SrOol58s?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Friends of Amateur Rocketry (FAR) posted the video below showing highlights of activities at their Mojave test site on Saturday May, 4th. These activities included: \u00a0the launch of a high power sugar fueled rocket and the first successful static firing of a 6&#8243; rocket motor for the Sugar Shot to Space project (the previous two &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2141\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: A day at the FAR Mojave test site<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rocketry","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-yx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8889,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8889","url_meta":{"origin":2141,"position":0},"title":"Video: Amateur rocket motor tests in Mojave","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A video of three rocket motor tests at the\u00a0FAR (Friends of Amateur Rocketry)\u00a0site in Mojave, California: http:\/\/youtu.be\/FAG8kaMkw1M \u00a0 From the caption: The first was a successful M-class 6-grain APCP 75mm motor by Eric Beckner. 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