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Appendix E
Acronyms

A4O Autonomy for Operations

Al-Li aluminum-lithium

ALHAT Autonomous Landing and Hazard Avoidance Technology

ARC Ames Research Center

AR&D Automated Rendezvous and Docking

AR&DST Automated Rendezvous and Docking Sensor Technology

AVGS Advanced Video Guidance Sensor

CELSS Controlled Ecological Life Support System

CEV Crew Exploration Vehicle

CFM Cryogenic Fluid Management

CONOPS concept of operations

CSPE Colorimetric Solid Phase Extraction

DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DOD Department of Defense

DOE Department of Energy

DTM Development Test Model

ELS Exploration Life Support

EM Engineering Model

ENose Electronic Nose

ESMD Exploration Systems Mission Directorate ETDP Exploration Technology Development Program

EVA extravehicular activity

FDR Final Design Review

FPDS Fire Prevention, Detection, and Suppression

FSP Fission Surface Power

Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2008. A Constrained Space Exploration Technology Program: A Review of NASA's Exploration Technology Development Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12471.

FY fiscal year

GRC Glenn Research Center

GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center

HRP Human Research Program

ISD Intelligent Software Design

ISHM Integrated Systems Health Management

ISRU In Situ Resource Utilization

ISS International Space Station

JIMO Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter

JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory

JSC Johnson Space Center

KSC Kennedy Space Center

LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory

LaRC Langley Research Center

LCROSS Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite

lidar Light Detection and Ranging

LLPO Lunar Lander Projects Office

LOCAD Lab-on-a-Chip Application Development

LOX/CH4 liquid oxygen/methane

LOX/LH2 liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen

LRO Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

MER Mars Exploration Rover

MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NERVA Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Applications

NFIR Natural Feature Image Recognition

NGAVGS Next Generation Advanced Video Guidance Sensor

NRC National Research Council

NTO/MMH nitrogen tetroxide/monomethyl hydrazine

NTP nuclear thermal propulsion

NTR nuclear thermal rocket

PCAD Propulsion and Cryogenics Advanced Development

PCAI Power, Communications, Avionics, and Informatics

PDR Preliminary Design Review

PLSS Portable Life Support System

R&D research and development

RAT research and technology

RCS reaction control system

RFP request for proposal

RHESE Radiation-Hardened Electronics for Space Environments

Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2008. A Constrained Space Exploration Technology Program: A Review of NASA's Exploration Technology Development Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12471.

RMAT Risk Mitigation Analysis Tool

SAME Smoke and Aerosol Measurement Experiment

SBIR Small Business Innovation Research

SiGe silicon germanium

STTR Small Business Technology Transfer

TCS Thermal Control Systems

TPS thermal protection system

TRL technology readiness level

V&V validation and verification

VCAM Vehicle Cabin Atmosphere Monitor

VNS Vision Navigation Sensor

VPU Vegetable Production Unit

VSE Vision for Space Exploration

ZBOT Zero Boil Off Tank (Experiment)

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