N.A.S.A.

A form of NASA — Synonym of Paez (“a Native American people of Colombia”).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. datedDated form of NASA.

    Grover Loening, F.I.A.S., F.R.Ae.S., Consultant, N.A.C.A. (now N.A.S.A.).

    1959, Sixth Anglo-American Aeronautical Conference: Proceedings, page ix
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    Residual-load-plus-powerplant weights for orbital-launch nuclear rockets. P. G. Johnson et al. N.A.S.A. T.N. D-843. May 1961.

    1962, The Aeronautical Journal, page 65

    From this realization, it was but a short jump to the conclusion that a low-cost space transportation system, along with the space station, was an essential N.A.S.A. program for the 1970’s, and the shuttle program was born. / N.A.S.A.’s 1969 recommendations to a presidentially-chartered Space Task Group which was preparing plans for the nation’s future space program noted that “a new and truly low-cost space transportation system is an integral part of the space station concept.”

    1971, Technology Review, page 52
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