|
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 |
