Defining NASA: The Historical Debate over the Agency's Mission

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Abbreviations AEC Atomic Energy Commission AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency ASAT Anti-Satellite Weapon ATF Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms BMD Ballistic Missile Defense Caltech California Institute of Technology CCCT Cabinet Council on Commerce and Trade CCDS Centers for the Commercial Development of Space CDSF Commercially Developed Space Facility CIA Central Intelligence Agency CRADA Cooperative Research and Development Agreement DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DOC Department of Commerce DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy DOT Department of Transportation EOR Earth Orbit Rendezvous EOSAT Earth Observation Satellites Corporation ESA European Space Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FCC Federal Communications Commission FY Fiscal Year GeV Billion Electron Volt GOP Republican Party HHS Department of Health and Human Services ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IGY International Geophysical Year ISF Industrial Space Facility LOR lunar orbit rendezvous NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration xi NRL Naval Research Laboratory NSC National Security Council NSD National Security Directive NSDD National Security Decision Directive NSF National Science Foundation OMB Office of Management and Budget OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy PSAC President’s Science Advisory Council R&D Research and Development RCA Radio Corporation of America SDI Strategic Defense Initiative SIG (Space) Senior Interagency Group for Space SII Space Industries Incorporated SSC Superconducting Super Collider SSI Space Services Inc. STG Space Task Group STS Space Transportation System USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics VfR German Society for Spaceship Travel xii ABBREVIATIONS ...