acw@hcx.uucp (Andrew Welch) (08/08/89)
Even those of us who are directly associated with the space program frequently become overwhelmed by the extensive use of acronyms. Some frustrated person(s) finally published a reference guide which lists most of the abbreviations used in NASA. I'm not sure, but I think its available to the general public. I have included below all of the information that I have about this hefty (300+ pages) publication. NASA Reference Publication 1059 "Space Transportation System and Associated Payloads: Glossary, Acronyms, and Abbreviations" Write to: Scientific and Technical Information Branch Technical Publications Section Mail Stop NIT-3 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, D.C. 20546 ******************************************************************************* Andrew Welch acw@hcx.UUCP NASA/MSFC acw@130.184.64.209 (U of Arkansas) "All this stuff is unofficial, the Government has no idea what I'm doing."
roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) (08/08/89)
In article <2897@cveg.uucp> acw@hcx.uucp (Andrew Welch) writes: > NASA Reference Publication 1059 "Space Transportation System and > Associated Payloads: Glossary, Acronyms, and Abbreviations" Oh, yeah, the STSAPGAA. -- Roy Smith, Public Health Research Institute 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016 {att,philabs,cmcl2,rutgers,hombre}!phri!roy -or- roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu "The connector is the network"
shafer@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) (08/09/89)
In article <2897@cveg.uucp> acw@hcx.uucp (Andrew Welch) writes: >Even those of us who are directly associated with the space program frequently >become overwhelmed by the extensive use of acronyms. Some frustrated person(s) >finally published a reference guide which lists most of the abbreviations used >in NASA. I'm not sure, but I think its available to the general public. I >have included below all of the information that I have about this hefty (300+ >pages) publication. I just went to the library and got my own copy--it's 307 pages, but it's about 5" x 8" (rather than the usual 8-1/2 x 11). >NASA Reference Publication 1059 It's now NASA RP 1059 _Revised_ with a date of 1985. Our librarian told me that she reordered fairly recently and that this was the one sent, so it's probably the most current (right now, anyway). >"Space Transportation System and Associated Payloads: > Glossary, Acronyms, and Abbreviations" The price is given as A14, which is a category based on pages, type (i.e. color or black-and-white), and size. -- M F Shafer shafer@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center arpa!elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov!shafer Dryden Flight Research Facility Of course I don't speak for NASA