Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |BO|Blue Origin (Bezos Rocketry)| |FAA-AST|Federal Aviation Administration Administrator for Space Transportation| |FCC|Federal Communications Commission| | |(Iron/steel) Face-Centered Cubic crystalline structure| |Isp|Specific impulse (as explained by Scott Manley on YouTube)| | |Internet Service Provider| |LEO|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)| | |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)| |LOS|Loss of Signal | |Line of Sight| |QA|Quality Assurance/Assessment| |SLS|Space Launch System heavy-lift| |ULA|United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)|

|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |Starlink|SpaceX's world-wide satellite broadband constellation| |ablative|Material which is intentionally destroyed in use (for example, heatshields which burn away to dissipate heat)|

^(11 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 30 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8196 for this sub, first seen 29th Oct 2022, 17:08]) ^[FAQ] ^([Full list]) ^[Contact] ^([Source code])