Acronyms and definitions

[MJR]

I thought I could start a thread with different acronyms and definitions used for Orbiter and in NASA. I will start off with just a few, and you guys can post some too. P.S. It would be helpful if it was stickied.

1. Apoapsis-Farthest point of your orbit.
2. Periapsis-Closest point of your orbit.
3. RInc- relative inclination; The angle between the orbital plane of a body and the reference plane centred on the object about which the body is revolving.
4. BECO-Booster Engine Cutoff
5. MECO- Main Engine Cutoff
6. MPLM- Multi Purpose Logistics Module
7. LOI- Lunar Orbit Insertion
8. TLI- Trans Lunar Injection
9. ET- External Tank
10. SRBs- Solid Rocket Boosters

Now it is you guys' turn.

 

[Chode]

My turn,

Here's a link to over 10,000 NASA acronyms:

http://www.sti.nasa.gov/acronym/main.html

Regards

 

[MJR]

Try making it easier. List some; around 10-20. I found another link that was similar to this but I decided if I just listeda few, it would be easier.

 

[agentgonzo]

The nasaspaceflight.com forums have a tooltip thing where if you mouseover an acronym, it will tell you what it stands for (if someone has put it in the database). That'd be handy if someone were to implement it for here. Maybe ask the guys at NSF if we can borrow their script? I don't know whether these forums allow that kind of modification either.

 

[Urwumpe]

http://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/List_of_Acronyms_and_Abbreviations

If you know more, you can edit it.