6. Acronyms

The following acronyms were used in this article:

ACE	Atomic Energy Commission (U.S.)
AECB	Atomic Energy Control Board (Canada)
AFB	Air Force Base
AMTEC	Alkaline Metal Thermal to Electric Conversion
AO	Announcement of Opportunity
AU	Astronomical Unit (1 AU = distance between Sun and Earth)
Bq	Becquerel
C	Celsius
Ci	Curie
DIPS	Dynamic Isotope Power Systems
DoD	Department of Defense (U.S.)
DoE	Department of Energy (U.S.)
ESA	European Space Agency
ESTEC	European Space Research and Technology Centre
FEIS	Final Environmental Impact Statement
GAO	General Accounting Office (U.S.)
GE	General Electric
GPHS	General Purpose Heat Source
HEU	Highly Enriched Uranium
JGA	Jupiter Gravity Assist
JSC	Johnson Space Center (part of NASA)
K	Kelvin
lbs	pounds; 1 lb = 453,59 g
MSSS	Malin Space Science Systems, Inc.
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NPS	Nuclear Powered Satellite
PFF	Pluto Fast Flyby
Pu-238	plutonium-238
Radar	Radio detecting and ranging
RHU	Radioisotope Heater Unit
RORSAT	Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite
RPS	Radioisotope Power Source
RTG	Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator
SEP	Solar Electric Propulsion
SNAP	Space Nuclear Auxiliary Power
TFE	Thermionic Fuel Element
TPV	Thermo-Photovoltaic
U-235	uranium-235
U.S.	United States (of America)
UNCOPUOS	United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
USSR	Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
VGNP	Venus Geophysical Network Pathfinder
W, w	Watt
WE	Watts electric
VVEJGA	Venus Venus Earth Jupiter Gravity Assist
VVJGA	Venus Venus Jupiter Gravity Assist
VVVJGA	Venus Venus Venus Jupiter Gravity Assist