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Acronyms and Abbreviations
ALH | Alan Hills, specifically used to designate a meteorite found in Alan Hills, Antarctica |
CAPS | Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences |
CoLD | Confidence of Life Detection scale |
LR | labeled release experiment on Viking |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NExSS | Nexus for Exoplanet System Science, a NASA Research Coordination Network |
NfoLD | Network for Life Detection, a NASA Research Coordination Network |
NSF | National Science Foundation |
IODP | International Ocean Drilling Program |
PSD | Planetary Science Division of NASA Science Mission Directorate |
RCN | Research Coordination Network |
SOC | Science Organizing Committee |
SSB | Space Studies Board |