| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASME | American Society Of Mechanical Engineers |
| BXA | Bureau Of Export Administration |
| OST | Office Of Science And Technology |
| AORD | Astronaut Operations Requirements Document |
| AMOS | Automatic Meteorological Observation System |
| CBO | Congressional Budget Office |
| SOR | Successive Over Relaxation |
| GSFC | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| MAPS/RUC | MAPS Is The Research Version Of The Rapid Update Cycle |
| GCA | Geophysics Corporation Of America |