NOMENCLATURE

“You can't take over the world without a good acronym”
– C.S. Woolley
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ADM

Admiral

AGL

Above Ground Level

AMARC

Aerospace Maintenance and Regenerative Center

A&P

Airframe & Powerplant

APU

Auxiliary Power Unit

CAPT

Captain

CDR

Commander

CHGR

Cargo Hold Guide Rails

CM

Crew Module

C&C

Command & Control

CO

Commanding Officer

CPT

Composite Propellant Tanks

CV

Cislunar Vehicle

ELV

Expendable Launch Vehicle

ENS

Ensign

EOS

Earth Orbit Station

ESS

Earth Surface Station

EVA

Extravehicular Activity

GEO

Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (35,786 km altitude)

GH2

Gaseous Hydrogen

GLOW

Gross Lift Off Weight

GN2

Gaseous Nitrogen

GSO

Geostationary Earth Orbit, (35,786 km inclined 0o)

HDR

Hempsell Docking Ring

HM

Habitat Module

HTHL

Horizontal Takeoff Horizontal landing

IM

Intelligence Module

ISP

Specific Impulse

ISRU

In–Situ Resource Utilization

KSC

Kennedy Space Center

L2TDRS

Lagrange Point 2 TDRS

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

LH2

Liquid Hydrogen

LH2O

Liquid Water

LN2

Liquid Nitrogen

LO2

Liquid Oxygen

LSPM

Lunar Solar Power Module

LSS

Lunar Surface Station

LT

Lieutenant

LV

Lunar Vehicle

MSTO

Multi–Stage–To–Orbit

NMSA

New Mexico Spaceport Authority

OSPM

Orbital Solar Power Module

OV

Orbital Vehicle

UV

Utility Vehicle

PIC

Pilot in Command

PM

Propellant Module

RCS

Reaction Control System

RLV

Reusable Launch Vehicle

RM

Resupply Module

ROI

Return On Investment

SA

Spaceport America

SADM

Senior Admiral

SAR

Search and Rescue

SEO

Standard Earth Orbit (900.96 km inclined 60o)

SLO

Standard Lunar Orbit (111.12 km inclined 0o)

SLP

Standard Lunar Payload, defined as 10,500 kg

SOP

Standard Orbital Payload, defined as 21,000 kg

SRB

Solid Rocket Booster

SSTO

Single–Stage–To–Orbit

SV

Surface Vehicle

TDRS

Tracking and Data Relay Satellite

TPS

Thermal Protection System

TSTO

Two–Stage–To–Orbit

USIS

Universal Space Interface Standard

VEXH

Exhaust Velocity

VEM

VentureStar Escape Module

VTHL

Vertical Takeoff Horizontal Landing

VTVL

Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing

XO

Executive Officer


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