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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2011. An Interim Report on NASA's Draft Space Technology Roadmaps. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13228.
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Acronyms

ECLSS environmental control and life support system
EDL entry, descent, and landing
   
FDIR fault detection, isolation, and recovery
   
GCR galactic cosmic radiation
GN&C guidance, navigation, and control
   
ISRU in situ resource utilization
ISS International Space Station
ITAR International Traffic in Arms Regulations
   
LEO low Earth orbit
LOX liquid oxygen
   
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NRC National Research Council
   
OCT Office of the Chief Technologist
   
RBCC Rocket-Based Combined Cycle
   
SEE single event effects
SPE solar particle event
   
TA technology area
TA01 Launch Propulsion Systems Technology Area
TA02 In-Space Propulsion Technologies Technology Area
TA03 Space Power and Energy Storage Technology Area
TA04 Robotics, TeleRobotics, and Autonomous Systems Technology Area
TA05 Communication and Navigation Technology Area
TA06 Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems Technology Area
TA07 Human Exploration Destination Systems Technology Area
TA08 Science Instruments, Observatories, and Sensor Systems Technology Area
TA09 Entry, Descent, and Landing Systems Technology Area
TA10 Nanotechnology Technology Area
TA11 Modeling, Simulation, Information Technology, and Processing Technology Area
TA12 Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing Technology Area
TA13 Ground and Launch Systems Processing Technology Area
TA14 Thermal Management Systems Technology Area
Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2011. An Interim Report on NASA's Draft Space Technology Roadmaps. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13228.
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TABS Technology Area Breakdown Structure
TBCC Turbine-Based Combined Cycle
TRL technology readiness level
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For the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to achieve many of its space science and exploration goals over the next several decades, dramatic advances in space technology will be necessary. NASA has developed a set of 14 draft roadmaps to guide the development of such technologies under the leadership of the NASA Office of the Chief Technologist (OCT). Each roadmap focuses on a particular technology area.

OCT requested that the National Research Council conduct a study to review the draft roadmaps, gather and assess relevant community input, and make recommendations and suggest priorities to inform NASA's decisions as it finalizes its roadmaps. The success of OCT's technology development program is essential, because technological breakthroughs have long been the foundation of NASA's successes, from its earliest days, to the Apollo program, to a vast array of space science missions and the International Space Station.

An Interim Report of NASA's Technology Roadmap identifies some gaps in the technologies included in the individual roadmaps. The report suggests that the effectiveness of the NASA space technology program can be enhanced by employing proven management practices and principles including increasing program stability, addressing facility issues, and supporting adequate flight tests of new technologies. This interim report provides several additional observations that will be expanded on in the final report to be released in 2012.

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