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Appendix D Acronyms and Abbreviations
Pages 62-64

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... D Acronyms and Abbreviations ACE Advanced Composition Explorer ACRIMSAT Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite ACTS Advanced Communications Technology Satellite AFE Aeroassist Flight Experiment AIM Aeronomy of Ice in Mesosphere AO announcement of opportunity ASRM Advanced Solid Rocket Motor ATP Alternate Turbopumps AXAF Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility CADRe Cost Analysis Data Requirement (NASA) CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation CDR critical design review CGRO Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory CINDI Coupled Ion Neutral Dynamics CLOUDSAT Cloud Satellite CNES Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales CONTOUR Comet Nucleus Tour DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy DS Deep Space EO Earth Observing EOS Earth Observing System ESA European Space Agency EUVE Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer FAST Fast Auroral Snapshot 
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...  APPENDIX D FTS Flight Telerobotic Servicer FUSE Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer GALEX Galaxy Evolution Explorer GAO Government Accountability Office GLAST Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GRACE Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center HESSI High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (also referred to as RHESSI) HETE High Energy Transient Explorer HST Hubble Space Telescope IBEX Interstellar Boundary Explorer ICESAT Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite IMAGE Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration ISS International Space Station JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory JWST James Webb Space Telescope KPD key decision point LCROSS Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite LRO Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter MAP Microwave Anisotropy Probe MCO Mars Climate Orbiter MER Mars Exploration Rover MESSENGER Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging MGS Mars Global Surveyor MMS Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission MPL Mars Polar Lander MRO Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter MSL Mars Science Laboratory NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NEAR Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NPOESS National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System NPD NASA Policy Directive NPR NASA Procedural Requirements NRC National Research Council NSCAT NASA Scatterometer OCO Orbiting Carbon Observatory OMB Office of Management and Budget OMV Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle OSTM Ocean Surface Topography Mission
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... Air Force WBS work breakdown structure WIRE Wide-Field Infrared Explorer WISE Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer XTE X-Ray Timing Explorer
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