Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!mailrus!ames!skipper!shafer From: shafer@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: NASA Acronyms Dictionary Message-ID: Date: 8 Aug 89 17:36:23 GMT References: <2897@cveg.uucp> Organization: NASA Dryden, Edwards, Cal. Lines: 31 In-reply-to: acw@hcx.uucp's message of 7 Aug 89 21:52:13 GMT 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