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A Constrained Space Exploration Technology Program: A Review of NASA’s Exploration Technology Development Program
FY fiscal year
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