Acronyms and Abbreviations

 
A/C

Ai

APU

BIT

BITE

CAPSS

CIL

c/o

CoFR

DDT&E

DMES

ECLSS

EMA

ET

FMEA

GH2

GHe

GLOW

GN2

GNP

GO2

GPSS

GSE

GUCP

H2

HCF

HCFC

HGDS

Hp

HRST

I/F

Isp

LCC

LCF

LDT

LH2

LHe

LO2

LOX

LRU

MCC

MMH

MPS

MTBF

MTTR

N2O4

NDE

NH3

nm

O2

OMRS

OMS

OPF

OSAMS

PA

PCA

PDR

PR

PRACA

PVT

QFD

R&D

RBCC

RCS

RLV

RM&S

ROM

RP-1

SCAN

SPST

SRB

SSME

SSTO

TRL

TSM

TVC

VHM

  Air Conditioning

Availability, Inherent

Auxiliary Power Unit

Built in Test

Built in Test Equipment

Computer Aided Planning and Scheduling System

Critical Items List

Checkout

Certificate of Flight Readiness

Design, Development, Test and Engineering

Dimethylethoxysilane

Environmental Control and Life Support System

Electromechanical Actuator

External Tank

Failure Mode Effects Analysis

Gaseous Hydrogen

Gaseous Helium

Gross Lift Off Weight

Gaseous Nitrogen

Gross National Product

Gaseous Oxygen

Ground Processing Scheduling System

Ground Support Equipment

Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate

Hydrogen

High Cycle Fatigue

Hydrochlorofluorocarbons

Hazardous Gas Detection System

Horsepower

Highly Reusable Space Transportation

Interface

Specific Impulse

Life Cycle Cost

Low Cycle Fatigue

Logistics Down Time

Liquid Hydrogen

Liquid Helium

Liquid Oxygen

Liquid Oxygen

Line Replaceable Unit

Main Combustion Chamber

Monomethylhydrazine

Main Propulsion System

Mean Time Between Failure

Mean Time to Repair

Nitrogen Tetroxide

Non-Destructive Test

Ammonia

Nautical mile

Oxygen

Operations Maintenance Requirement Specification

Orbital Maneuvering System

Orbiter Processing Facility

Operation Simulation and Analysis Modeling System

Program Acquisition

Precision Cleaning Agent

Preliminary Design Review

Problem Report

Problem Reporting and Corrective Action

Pressure, Volume, Temperature

Quality Function Deployment

Research and Development

Rocket Based Combined Cycle

Reaction Control System

Reusable Launch Vehicle

Reliability, Maintainability, and Supportability

Rough Order of Magnitude

Rocket Propellant, Kerosene

Shuttle Connector Analysis Network

Space Propulsion Synergy Team

Solid Rocket Booster

Space Shuttle Main Engine

Single Stage to Orbit

Technology Readiness Level

Tail Service Mast

Thrust Vector Control

Vehicle Health Management

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Edgar Zapata, NASA Kennedy Space Center

Shuttle Process Engineering Directorate, Fluid Systems Division