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Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. NASA Space Technology Roadmaps and Priorities Revisited. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23582.
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Acronyms

ARL Army Research Laboratory
CTC Center Technology Council
DOD Department of Defense
DRM design reference mission
ECLSS environmental control and life support system
EDL entry, descent, and landing
EVA extravehicular activity
FDIR fault detection, isolation, and recovery
GCR galactic cosmic rays
GN&C guidance, navigation, and control
ISRU in situ resource utilization
ISS International Space Station
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NRC National Research Council
NTEC NASA Technology Executive Council
OCT Office of the Chief Technologist
OIG Office of the Inspector General
QFD quality function deployment
RBCC rocket-based combined cycle
Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. NASA Space Technology Roadmaps and Priorities Revisited. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23582.
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SLS Space Launch System
SPE solar particle event
SSTIP Strategic Space Technology Investment Plan
TA technology area
TABS Technology Area Breakdown Structure
TBCC turbine-based combined cycle
TPS thermal protection systems
TRL technology readiness level
Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. NASA Space Technology Roadmaps and Priorities Revisited. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23582.
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Historically, the United States has been a world leader in aerospace endeavors in both the government and commercial sectors. A key factor in aerospace leadership is continuous development of advanced technology, which is critical to U.S. ambitions in space, including a human mission to Mars. To continue to achieve progress, NASA is currently executing a series of aeronautics and space technology programs using a roadmapping process to identify technology needs and improve the management of its technology development portfolio.

NASA created a set of 14 draft technology roadmaps in 2010 to guide the development of space technologies. In 2015, NASA issued a revised set of roadmaps. A significant new aspect of the update has been the effort to assess the relevance of the technologies by listing the enabling and enhancing technologies for specific design reference missions (DRMs) from the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate and the Science Mission Directorate. NASA Space Technology Roadmaps and Priorities Revisited prioritizes new technologies in the 2015 roadmaps and recommends a methodology for conducting independent reviews of future updates to NASA's space technology roadmaps, which are expected to occur every 4 years.

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