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Acronyms
AFL Astrobiology Field Laboratory
ASTEP Astrobiology Science and Technology Instrument Development
ASTID Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets
DSN Deep Space Network
IRTF Infrared Telescope Facility
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
MAO Mars Upper Atmosphere Orbiter
MEP Mars Exploration Program
MEPAG Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group
MER Mars Exploration Rover
MIDP Mars Instrument Development Program
ML3N Mars Long-Lived Lander Network
MQF Mars Quarantine Facility
MRO Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
MSL Mars Science Laboratory
MSR Mars Sample Return
MSTO Mars Science and Telecommunications Orbiter
NRC National Research Council
NSF National Science Foundation
PI principal investigator
PIDDP Planetary Instrument Definition and Development Program
R&A research and analysis
SSB Space Studies Board
SSE solar system exploration
VSE Vision for Space Exploration