|
AACB
|
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Coordinating Board (USAF-NASA)
|
|
AAF
|
Army Air Forces
|
|
AAS
|
American Astronautical Society
|
|
AB, A/B
|
airbreathing
|
|
ABES
|
Air Breathing Engine System (jet
engine)
|
|
ACPS
|
attitude control propulsion
system
|
|
AEC
|
Atomic Energy Commission
|
|
AFB
|
Air Force Base
|
|
AFL-CIO
|
American Federation of Labor-Congress
of Industrial Organizations
|
|
AFSC
|
Air Force Systems Command
(USAF)
|
|
AIAA
|
American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics
|
|
APU
|
auxiliary propulsion unit
|
|
ARDC
|
Air Research and Development Command
(USAF)
|
|
ASSET
|
Aerothermodynamic/elastic Structural
Systems Environmental Tests
|
|
ATM
|
Apollo Telescope Mount
(Skylab)
|
|
ATSC
|
Air Technical Service Command
(USAF)
|
|
AT&T
|
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company
|
|
BOB
|
Bureau of the Budget
|
|
BTU
|
British thermal unit
|
|
CASI
|
Center for Aerospace
Information
|
|
CD
|
certificate of deposit
|
|
CIA
|
Central Intelligence Agency
|
|
deg
|
degree
|
|
DOD
|
Department of Defense
|
|
EC/LS
|
environmental control/life
support
|
|
ENG
|
engine
|
|
°F
|
Fahrenheit degrees
|
|
F-1
|
rocket engine designation
|
|
FAA
|
Federal Aviation Agency; after 1967,
Federal Aviation Administration
|
|
FDL
|
Flight Dynamics Laboratory
(Wright-Patterson AFB)
|
|
ft
|
foot
|
|
FWD
|
forward
|
|
FY
|
Fiscal Year
|
|
GD
|
General Dynamics Corporation
|
|
GE
|
General Electric Company
|
|
GLOW
|
gross liftoff weight
|
|
He
|
helium
|
|
HO
|
hydrogen-oxygen
|
|
HQ
|
headquarters
|
|
HS
|
Haynes Stellite (a class of
superalloys)
|
|
IBM
|
International Business Machines
Corporation
|
|
ICBM
|
intercontinental ballistic
missile
|
|
IDA
|
Institute for Defense Analyses
|
|
J-2
|
rocket engine designation
|
|
JFK
|
John F. Kennedy
|
|
JP
|
Jet Propellant (grade of jet
fuel)
|
|
JPL
|
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
|
|
K
|
thousand
|
|
KISS
|
Keep It Simple, Stupid
|
|
LACE
|
liquid air cycle engine
|
|
LBJ
|
Lyndon Baines Johnson
|
|
lb
|
pound
|
|
LC
|
launch complex (Cape
Canaveral)
|
|
L/D
|
lift-to-drag ratio
|
|
LH, LH2
|
liquid hydrogen
|
|
LM
|
Lunar Module (Apollo)
|
|
LN2
|
liquid nitrogen
|
|
LO2, LOX
|
liquid oxygen
|
|
MIT
|
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
|
|
MOL
|
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
|
|
MOM
|
Manned Orbiting Module
|
|
MORL
|
Manned Orbiting Research
Laboratory
|
|
M.P.
|
Member of Parliament
|
|
MR
|
mixture ratio (rocket
propellants)
|
|
MSC
|
Manned Spacecraft Center
(NASA)
|
|
MSFC
|
Marshall Space Flight Center
(NASA)
|
|
MW
|
megawatts
|
|
NACA
|
National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics
|
|
NASA
|
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
|
|
NASC
|
National Aeronautics and Space
Council
|
|
NERVA
|
Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle
Application
|
|
NMI NASA
|
Management Instruction
|
|
n.mi.
|
nautical miles
|
|
NRO
|
National Reconnaissance Office
|
|
NSC
|
National Security Council
|
|
NSF
|
National Science Foundation
|
|
NTOP
|
New Technology Opportunities
Program
|
|
OEO
|
Office of Economic Opportunity
|
|
OMB
|
Office of Management and
Budget
|
|
OMS
|
orbital maneuvering system
|
|
OMSF
|
Office of Manned Space Flight
(NASA)
|
|
OSSA
|
Office of Space Science and
Applications (NASA)
|
|
OST
|
Office of Science and Technology
(White House)
|
|
OWS
|
orbital workshop (Skylab)
|
|
PARD
|
Pilotless Aircraft Research Division
(NACA-Langley)
|
|
PCG
|
Planning Coordination Group (NASA
HQ)
|
|
PRIME
|
Precision Recovery Including
Maneuvering Entry
|
|
PSAC
|
President's Science Advisory
Committee
|
|
PSG
|
Planning Steering Group (NASA
HQ)
|
|
psi
|
pounds per square inch
|
|
PTA
|
Parent-Teacher Association
|
|
R and D
|
research and development
|
|
RATO
|
Rocket-Assisted Takeoff
|
|
RDT&E
|
research, development, test and
engineering
|
|
RFP
|
Request for Proposal
|
|
RL-10
|
rocket engine designation
|
|
ROMBUS
|
Reusable Orbital Module, Booster, and
Utility Shuttle
|
|
RP
|
Rocket Propellant (rocket-grade
kerosene)
|
|
rpm
|
revolutions per minute
|
|
SAB
|
Scientific Advisory Board
(USAF)
|
|
SCLC
|
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference
|
|
sec
|
second
|
|
SHHDC
|
Shuttle History Historical Documents
Collection (NASA-MSFC)
|
|
S-IC
|
first stage of the Saturn V
|
|
S-II
|
second stage of the Saturn V
|
|
S-IVB
|
third stage of the Saturn V
|
|
SNECMA
|
Societe National d'Etude et de
Construction de la Moteurs d'Aviation (France)
|
|
SP
|
Special Publication (NASA)
|
|
SRM
|
solid rocket motor
|
|
SSD
|
Space Systems Division (USAF)
|
|
SSME
|
Space Shuttle Main Engine
|
|
SST
|
supersonic transport
|
|
STAC
|
Science and Technology Advisory
Committee (NASA HQ)
|
|
STG
|
Space Task Group
|
|
TAHO
|
Thrust Assisted
Hydrogen-Oxygen
|
|
TAOS
|
Thrust Assisted Orbiter
Shuttle
|
|
TEMPO
|
Technical Military Planning Operation
(GE)
|
|
TPS
|
thermal protection system
|
|
TRW
|
Thompson Ramo Wooldridge,
Incorporated
|
|
TVC
|
thrust vector control
|
|
TWA
|
Trans World Airlines
|
|
U.S.
|
United States
|
|
USAF
|
United States Air Force
|
|
USS
|
United States Ship (Navy)
|
|
VAB
|
Vehicle Assembly Building (Kennedy
Space Center)
|
|
v.p.
|
vice president
|
|
wt
|
weight
|
|
XLR
|
Experimental Liquid Rocket
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