The Reaction Research Society (not to be confused with UK-based
Reaction Engines) is the oldest continuously operating
amateur experimental rocket group in the United States. Founded by George James on 6 January 1943, originally as the Southern California Rocket Society, the organization's name was changed to the Glendale Rocket Society two months later. Ultimately, the society changed its name to the Reaction Research Society around 1946 to encompass more aspects of propulsion beyond rocketry, however most research and experimentation at the RRS has been with solid, liquid and hybrid rocketry.
The RRS is an educational non-profit group in California based in Los Angeles. The RRS has owned and operated a private testing site, the Mojave Test Area (MTA), north of Edwards Air Force Base and California City in the Mojave desert since 1955.
On September 20, 2003, The Reaction Research Society was part of a team that "conducted the first known flight test of a powered liquid-propellant
aerospike engine
The aerospike engine is a type of rocket engine that maintains its aerodynamic efficiency across a wide range of altitudes. It belongs to the class of altitude compensating nozzle engines. Aerospike engines were proposed for many single-stage- ...
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See also
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High-power rocketry
High-power rocketry is a hobby similar to model rocketry. The major difference is that higher impulse range motors are used. The National Fire Protection Association, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) definition of a high-power rocket i ...
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Amateur & Experimental rocketry
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Friends of Amateur Rocketry
References
External links
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"Video of the RRS 50 Mile Flight at Black Rock"on November 23, 1996
Wikimapia: RRS MTA - Mojave Test Area
Rocketry
Outer space
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