Another Acronym Post
Jul 20, 2020 08:25:05 #
I saw this cartoon last night, and I planned to post it today. Then I saw the "Acronyms" post, and this fits in perfectly.
There must be a separate division of NASA that makes up acronyms for their projects. This "Sherloc and Watson" is a good example - a robot being sent to Mars to look for evidence (of life). (Yes, it is "Sherloc.")
There must be a separate division of NASA that makes up acronyms for their projects. This "Sherloc and Watson" is a good example - a robot being sent to Mars to look for evidence (of life). (Yes, it is "Sherloc.")
Jul 20, 2020 09:00:24 #
Jul 20, 2020 11:10:06 #
IDguy
Loc: Idaho
I’ve been using my SCUBA unit during virus: Self Contained Ultimate Biohazard Avoidance unit.
aka RV.
aka RV.
Jul 21, 2020 02:41:08 #
What i'm worried about is the proliferation of;
Always Self Serving Humanoid Organic Lifeforms (on) Earths Surface.
which are actually;
Hard Entropic Alien Robot Totally Lost Emotion (for) Social Service - Including Natural Destructive Intent Violent Immoral Delusive Uncooperative Action (and) Language.
Always Self Serving Humanoid Organic Lifeforms (on) Earths Surface.
which are actually;
Hard Entropic Alien Robot Totally Lost Emotion (for) Social Service - Including Natural Destructive Intent Violent Immoral Delusive Uncooperative Action (and) Language.
Jul 21, 2020 07:28:54 #
The summer of 1990 I was in KSA, at KKMC, living in a K-SPAN, AS NCOIC is TSL COSCOM, assigned to 948th HMSC.
Where was I and what was I doing
Where was I and what was I doing
Jul 21, 2020 07:31:00 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
jerryc41 wrote:
I saw this cartoon last night, and I planned to post it today. Then I saw the "Acronyms" post, and this fits in perfectly.
There must be a separate division of NASA that makes up acronyms for their projects. This "Sherloc and Watson" is a good example - a robot being sent to Mars to look for evidence (of life). (Yes, it is "Sherloc.")
There must be a separate division of NASA that makes up acronyms for their projects. This "Sherloc and Watson" is a good example - a robot being sent to Mars to look for evidence (of life). (Yes, it is "Sherloc.")
I love Brewster's comics ... I'm not too sure about that one eyed guy.
Jul 21, 2020 08:00:17 #
Jul 21, 2020 08:50:04 #
I'd bet there is an entire government agency devoted to this activity. They also come up with the acronyms for new pieces of legislation.
Jul 21, 2020 09:18:16 #
Schoee
Loc: Europe
Plieku69 wrote:
The summer of 1990 I was in KSA, at KKMC, living in a K-SPAN, AS NCOIC is TSL COSCOM, assigned to 948th HMSC.
Where was I and what was I doing
Where was I and what was I doing
In Saudi Arabia getting ready for the Gulf War by the sounds of it. How was King Khalid Military City back then?
Jul 21, 2020 09:50:56 #
Schoee, you are close but have the dates wrong. I was there after the war cleaning up the equipment left behind after the troops came home.
Jul 21, 2020 09:51:05 #
maxlieberman
Loc: 19027
When I went to work for the Resolution Trust Corporation (a quasi-governmental agency like the FDIC) in 1993, I was handed a booklet of acronym definitions.
Jul 21, 2020 10:00:05 #
Schoee
Loc: Europe
Plieku69 wrote:
Schoee, you are close but have the dates wrong. I was there after the war cleaning up the equipment left behind after the troops came home.
But you said summer of 1990, so I assume northern hemisphere summer which is June-Sep 1990. The Gulf War started properly in Jan 1991 and ended with cease fire on 28 Feb 1991. Maybe you were there in summer 1991?
Jul 21, 2020 10:26:23 #
In his book, "Failure is not an Option," Gene Krantz said one of the hardest things a newly-hired spaceflight engineer had to learn, was the vast array of acronyms they used, rapid fire, in conversations. NASA has 8,940 of them:
https://www.acronymslist.com/cat/nasa-acronyms.html
In the moon race days, time was so critical Krantz said they simply couldn't take the time to speak the full name of most of the hardware. It's far easier to ask "Is the COMAS is fully integrated into the ANARS?" rather than "Is the Combined Orbital Maneuvering and Abort System fully integrated with the Autonomous Navigation and Attitude Reference System?"
https://www.acronymslist.com/cat/nasa-acronyms.html
In the moon race days, time was so critical Krantz said they simply couldn't take the time to speak the full name of most of the hardware. It's far easier to ask "Is the COMAS is fully integrated into the ANARS?" rather than "Is the Combined Orbital Maneuvering and Abort System fully integrated with the Autonomous Navigation and Attitude Reference System?"
Jul 21, 2020 11:23:18 #
Back in my days in Uncle Sam’s Canoe Club...there was an official Navy publication named the Dictionary of Naval Abbreviations...also known as...you guessed it...the DICNAVAB.
Jul 21, 2020 13:02:23 #
[quote=neillaubenthal]Back in my days in Uncle Sam’s Canoe Club...there was an official Navy publication named the DicS
Three dits four dits two dits dah U S Navy raw raw raw.... Uncle Sams Canoe Club 200 years of tradition unhampered by progress. As a blue water, blue nose, shellback from the way back I had more salt on my tail than time in jail (the GFL) 69-73 . Those were the days.....do you miss then now? Hated them then.
Three dits four dits two dits dah U S Navy raw raw raw.... Uncle Sams Canoe Club 200 years of tradition unhampered by progress. As a blue water, blue nose, shellback from the way back I had more salt on my tail than time in jail (the GFL) 69-73 . Those were the days.....do you miss then now? Hated them then.
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