Tripoli Rocketry Association
- Tripoli Rocketry Association
The Tripoli Rocketry Association is one of the two major organizing bodies for high power rocketry in the USA (See also: National Association of Rocketry). It was founded in 1964 as a high school science club, integrating both rocketry and space science, and slowly evolved into a national organization. The founder was Francis G. Graham; early members who helped expand the club were Curtis W. Hughes, Kenneth J. Good, and Arthur R. Bower; also Thomas J. Blazanin completed the national scope of the organization. Tripoli organizes many launches, both local ones organized through local prefectures and larger national launches like LDRS ("Large Dangerous Rocket Ships") [http://www.skybusters.org/NOTRA/The%20LDRS%20Story.pdf] and BALLS. They also provide insurance for organized launches, and handle certification of members for flying high power rockets.
Tripoli has clubs in many different countries including U.S, Australia, Canada, Israel, Italy Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Tripoli is involved in a seven year old lawsuit with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives regarding the legal classification and the use of ammonium perchlorate in rocket motors.
External links
* [http://www.tripoli.org/ Web site]
* Patricia Leigh Brown; " [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/14/science/14rocket.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5088&en=98dcf65484fa3c81&ex=1318478400&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss A Cult of Backyard Rocketeers Keeps the Solid Fuel Burning] "; New York Times, October, 14, 2006
* Christopher T. Pearson; " [http://www.skybusters.org/NOTRA/The%20LDRS%20Story.pdf The LDRS Story] ". An authoritative account by the organizer of the origins and early years of the LDRS high-power launches, and their transition into national TRA events.
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