Exploring the Unknown - NASA's History Office

GAO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .General Accounting Office
GDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gross Domestic Product
GE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .General Electric
GHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gigahertz
GIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Geographic Information System
GNP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gross National Product
GOES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
GPO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Government Printing Office
GSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gross Space Product
GWP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gross Worldwide Product
HF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .High frequency
HIRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .High-Resolution Infrared Sounder
HRMSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . .High Resolution Multispectral Stereo Imager
ICUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Interim Communication Satellite Committee
IGI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Industrial Guest Investigator (agreement)
IPO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Integrated Program Office
IPOMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .International Polar Orbiting Meteorological Satellite Group
IR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Infrared
IRAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee
ITOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Improved TIROS Operational Satellite
ITU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .International Telecommunications Union
JEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joint Endeavor Agreement
JSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Johnson Space Center
KC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kilocycle
KW/kW . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kilowatt
LACIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment
LCG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Landsat Coordinating Group
LDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Less Developed Country
LEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Low Earth Orbit
LSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Large Scale Integrated (circuit)
MDAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company
MIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ministry of Defense
MPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Materials Processing in Space
MRI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Midwest Research Institute
MSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Manned Space Center (later known as Johnson Space Center)
MSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Multispectral Scanner or Mobile Satellite Service
MTCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Missile Technology Control Regime
MTF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Man-Tended Facility
MTT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Message toll telephone
NACA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
NAPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .National Academy of Public Administration
NASA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NESDIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information
Service
NIH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .National Institutes of Health
NMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NASA Management Instruction
NOAA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOMSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .National Operational Meteorological Satellite System
NPOESS . . . . . . . . . . . . .National Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite System
NRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .National Research Council
NRO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .National Reconnaissance Office
NSAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .National Security Action Memorandum
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