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Suggested Citation:"Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1992. From Earth to Orbit: An Assessment of Transportation Options. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1976.
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Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations


AFB

Air Force Base

AIAA

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

ASRM

Advanced Solid Rocket Motor

ATP

Alternate Turbopump Development Program


C3

command, communications, and control


DC-X

one-third scale model of the DC-Y

DC-Y

McDonnell Douglas Delta Clipper

DoD

Department of Defense


ELV

expendable launch vehicle

ESA

European Space Agency


F-1

U.S. liquid-oxygen/hydrocarbon engine used on the Saturn V launch vehicle during the Apollo program

F-1A

upgraded F-1 engine


GEO

Geosynchronous Earth orbit

GN&C

guidance, navigation, and control


HTPB

hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene, a solid rocket propellant binder


in

inches

Isp

specific impulse, in seconds

ITL

integration, transfer, and launch


J-2

upper stage U.S. liquid-oxygen/liquid-hydrogen engine used on the Saturn Launch vehicle during the Apollo Program


lb

pound

LEO

Low-Earth orbit

LCC

Launch Control Center


NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASP

National Aero-Space Plane

NLS

National Launch System

NLS-1

135,000-pound payload class launch vehicle

Suggested Citation:"Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1992. From Earth to Orbit: An Assessment of Transportation Options. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1976.
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NLS-2

50,000-pound payload class launch vehicle

NLS-3

20,000-pound payload class launch vehicle

n. mi

nautical miles

NRC

National Research Council


Pc

chamber pressure

PBAN

polybutadiene-acrylic acid-acrylonitrile, a solid rock propellant binder

psia

pounds per square inch absolute


RD-170

Soviet liquid-oxygen/hydrocarbon engine

RSRM

Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor


s

seconds

SDIO

Strategic Defense Initiative Office

SEI

Space Exploration Initiative

SL

sea level

SSF

Space Station Freedom

SRM

Solid Rocket Motor

SSME

Space Shuttle Main Engine

SSRT

Single-Stage Rocket Technology Program

SSTO

Single-stage-to-orbit

STME

Space Transportation Main Engine


vac

engine performance in space vacuum


X-30

Experimental NASP vehicle

Suggested Citation:"Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1992. From Earth to Orbit: An Assessment of Transportation Options. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1976.
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Suggested Citation:"Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1992. From Earth to Orbit: An Assessment of Transportation Options. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1976.
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If the United States hopes to continue as a leader in space, it must invest now in better earth-to-orbit technology by replacing obsolete launch facilities while also developing a new class of more robust and reliable vehicles.

From Earth to Orbit provides strategies to reduce launch costs while increasing the reliability and resiliency of vehicles. It also recommends continued improvements for the Space Shuttle Orbiter and its subsystems and the development of a Space Transportation Main Engine (STME).

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