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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2006. An Assessment of Balance in NASA's Science Programs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11644.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations


AANM

Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium

AO

announcement of opportunity

ARISE

Advanced Radio Interferometry between Space and Earth


BHFP

Black Hole Finder Probe


CEV

Crew Exploration Vehicle


DDAA

The Decade of Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics

DOI

Department of the Interior

DOT

Department of Transportation


EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ESMD

Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (NASA)

ESSP

Earth System Science Pathfinder

EXIST

Energetic X-ray Imaging Survey Telescope


FY

Fiscal Year


GIFTS

Geostationary Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer

GLAST

Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope

GPM

Global Precipitation Mission


HHP

Human Health and Performance program

HST

Hubble Space Telescope


ISS

International Space Station

ITM

Ionosphere-Thermosphere-Mesosphere


JAXA

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

JDEM

Joint Dark Energy Mission

JWST

James Webb Space Telescope


LISA

Laser Interferometer Space Antenna

LWS

Living With a Star program


MIDEX

Medium-class Explorer

MMS

Magnetospheric Multiscale mission

MO&DA

mission operations and data analysis

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2006. An Assessment of Balance in NASA's Science Programs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11644.
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NAI

NASA Astrobiology Institute

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NFSS

New Frontiers in the Solar System: An Integrated Exploration Strategy

NGST

Next Generation Space Telescope

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NPOESS

National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System

NPP

NPOESS Preparatory Program

NuSTAR

Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array


OBPR

Office of Biological and Physical Research (NASA)

OCO

Orbiting Carbon Observatory

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

OSTM

Ocean Surface Topography Mission


Q2C

Connecting Quarks with the Cosmos: Eleven Science Questions for the New Century


R&A

research and analysis


SAFIR

Single Aperture Far Infra-Red Observatory

SDO

Solar Dynamics Observatory

SEB

The Sun to the Earth—and Beyond: A Decadal Research Strategy in Solar and Space Physics

SEC

Sun-Earth Connections

SIM

Space Interferometry Mission

SMD

Science Mission Directorate (NASA)

SNAP

SuperNova Acceleration Probe

SOFIA

Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy

SOMD

Space Operations Mission Directorate (NASA)

SR&T

Supporting Research and Technology

SSE

Solar System Exploration

STEREO

Solar-Terrestrial Relations Observatory

STP

Solar-Terrestrial Probe


TPF

Terrestrial Planet Finder

TRMM

Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission


USGS

U.S. Geological Survey


WISE

Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

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When the space exploration initiative was announced, Congress asked the NRC to review the science NASA proposed to carryout under the initiative. It also asked the NRC to assess whether this program would provide balanced scientific research across the established disciplines supported by NASA in addition to supporting the new initiative. In 2005, the NRC released three studies focusing on a portion of that task, but changes at NASA forced the postponement of the last phase. This report presents that last phase with an assessment of the health of the NASA scientific disciplines under the budget requests imposed by the exploration initiative. The report also provides an analysis of whether the science budget appropriately reflects cross-disciplinary scientific priorities.

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