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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2002. Safe on Mars: Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on the Martian Surface. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10360.
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Appendix C

Acronyms and Abbreviations

APXS

alpha-proton-x-ray spectrometer (experiment on Mars Pathfinder)

ARR

acceptable risk range (for toxic metals)

COT

Committee on Toxicology (NRC)

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

EVA

extravehicular activity

GCR

galactic cosmic radiation

IRIS

Integrated Risk Information System (EPA)

ISRU

in situ resource utilization

JPL

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)

MEPAG

Mars Exploration Program/Payload Analysis Group

NAAQS

National Ambient Air Quality Standard (EPA)

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NIOSH

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

NRC

National Research Council

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

PM

particulate matter

ppb

parts per billion

ppm

parts per million

RfC

reference concentration

SMAC

spacecraft maximum allowable concentration

SNC

from Mars having landed on Earth (with reference to a meteorite)

SPE

solar particle event

ZMBR

zone of minimal biologic risk

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2002. Safe on Mars: Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on the Martian Surface. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10360.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2002. Safe on Mars: Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on the Martian Surface. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10360.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2002. Safe on Mars: Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on the Martian Surface. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10360.
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This study, commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), examines the role of robotic exploration missions in assessing the risks to the first human missions to Mars. Only those hazards arising from exposure to environmental, chemical, and biological agents on the planet are assessed. To ensure that it was including all previously identified hazards in its study, the Committee on Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on the Surface of Mars referred to the most recent report from NASA's Mars Exploration Program/ Payload Analysis Group (MEPAG) (Greeley, 2001). The committee concluded that the requirements identified in the present NRC report are indeed the only ones essential for NASA to pursue in order to mitigate potential hazards to the first human missions to Mars.

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