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Suggested Citation:"E Acronyms." National Research Council. 2008. Review of NASA's Exploration Technology Development Program: An Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12189.
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Suggested Citation:"E Acronyms." National Research Council. 2008. Review of NASA's Exploration Technology Development Program: An Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12189.
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Suggested Citation:"E Acronyms." National Research Council. 2008. Review of NASA's Exploration Technology Development Program: An Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12189.
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E Acronyms A4O Autonomy for Operations ALHAT Autonomous Landing and Hazard Avoidance Technology Al-Li aluminum-lithium ARC Ames Research Center AR&D Automated Rendezvous and Docking CEV Crew Exploration Vehicle CFM Cryogenic Fluid Management CLV Crew Launch Vehicle CONOPS concept of operations COTS Commercial off-the-shelf CSPE Colorimetric Solid Phase Extraction DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency ELS Exploration Life Support 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 GRC Glenn Research Center GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center ISD Intelligent Software Design ISHM Integrated Systems Health Management ISRU In Situ Resource Utilization ISS International Space Station JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory JSC Johnson Space Center KSC Kennedy Space Center 60

lidar Light Detection and Ranging LLPO Lunar Lander Projects Office LLV Lunar Lander Vehicle LOCAD Lab-on-a-Chip Application Development LOX/CH4 liquid oxygen/methane LOX/LH2 liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen MER Mars Exploration Rover MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NFIR Natural Feature Image Recognition NGAVGS Next Generation Advanced Video Guidance Sensor NRC National Research Council PCAD Propulsion and Cryogenics Advanced Development PDR Preliminary Design Review PLSS Portable Life Support System RAT research and technology RCS reaction control system SBIR Small Business Innovation Research SRR System Requirement Review TPS thermal protection system TRL technology readiness level VCAM Vehicle Cabin Atmosphere Monitor VNS Vision Navigation Sensor VSE Vision for Space Exploration 61

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To meet the objectives of the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE), NASA must develop a wide array of enabling technologies. For this purpose, NASA established the Exploration Technology Development Program (ETDP). Currently, ETDP has 22 projects underway. In the report accompanying the House-passed version of the FY2007 appropriations bill, the agency was directed to request from the NRC an independent assessment of the ETDP. This interim report provides an assessment of each of the 22 projects including a quality rating, an analysis of how effectively the research is being carried out, and the degree to which the research is aligned with the VSE. To the extent possible, the identification and discussion of various cross-cutting issues are also presented. Those issues will be explored and discussed in more detail in the final report.

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