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
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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
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)
