From Earth to Orbit: An Assessment of Transportation Options (1992)
Chapter: Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
AFB
Air Force Base
AIAA
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
ASRM
Advanced Solid Rocket Motor
ATP
Alternate Turbopump Development Program
C3
command, communications, and control
DC-X
one-third scale model of the DC-Y
DC-Y
McDonnell Douglas Delta Clipper
DoD
Department of Defense
ELV
expendable launch vehicle
ESA
European Space Agency
F-1
U.S. liquid-oxygen/hydrocarbon engine used on the Saturn V launch vehicle during the Apollo program
F-1A
upgraded F-1 engine
GEO
Geosynchronous Earth orbit
GN&C
guidance, navigation, and control
HTPB
hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene, a solid rocket propellant binder
in
inches
Isp
specific impulse, in seconds
ITL
integration, transfer, and launch
J-2
upper stage U.S. liquid-oxygen/liquid-hydrogen engine used on the Saturn Launch vehicle during the Apollo Program
lb
pound
LEO
Low-Earth orbit
LCC
Launch Control Center
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASP
National Aero-Space Plane
NLS
National Launch System
NLS-1
135,000-pound payload class launch vehicle
NLS-2
50,000-pound payload class launch vehicle
NLS-3
20,000-pound payload class launch vehicle
n. mi
nautical miles
NRC
National Research Council
Pc
chamber pressure
PBAN
polybutadiene-acrylic acid-acrylonitrile, a solid rock propellant binder
psia
pounds per square inch absolute
RD-170
Soviet liquid-oxygen/hydrocarbon engine
RSRM
Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor
s
seconds
SDIO
Strategic Defense Initiative Office
SEI
Space Exploration Initiative
SL
sea level
SSF
Space Station Freedom
SRM
Solid Rocket Motor
SSME
Space Shuttle Main Engine
SSRT
Single-Stage Rocket Technology Program
SSTO
Single-stage-to-orbit
STME
Space Transportation Main Engine
vac
engine performance in space vacuum
X-30
Experimental NASP vehicle
