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Translation glossary: NASA Jargon

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Bean Countersfinancial management people 
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Belly Buttonsemployees 
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Big-Ticket Item(one of the) expensive part(s) 
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Burning Factorone of the critical elements 
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Centersintervals 
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Codesection 
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Constant Dollarscost without taking inflation into account 
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Data Pointan item of information 
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Deep Yoghurtbad trouble 
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Deltaan increment to cost or content 
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Driveran item making up a significant part of cost or schedule 
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Drop-Dead Datethe real deadline 
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End Itemproduct 
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First Cutpreliminary estimate 
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Full-Upat peak level 
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Green DoorAdministrator's offices 
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Gross Outlineapproximation 
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Group Shootbrainstorming session 
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Hard Deadlinesupposed deadline 
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Head Counterspersonnel office staff 
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Hoopa step in realizing a program 
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Machinespacecraft 
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Micromanagementa tendency to get involved in management of affairs two or more levels down from one's own area of responsibility 
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Nominalaccording to expectation 
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Numb Nutunskilled or incapable person 
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on the streetdistributed outside one's own office 
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On-Boardsemployees or participants 
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On-Boardsemployees or participants 
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Parking Orbittemporary assignment or employment 
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Pedigreehistory of accumulation of non-NASA support for a mission 
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Pitcha presentation to management 
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Pucker Factordegree of apprehension 
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Rainmakeran employee able to get approval for budget increases or new missions 
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Rapeea person on the receiving end of an unfavorable decision 
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Real-Year Dollarscost taking inflation into account, as contrasted with 'constant dollars.' 
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Refugeea person transferred from another program 
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Resource-Intensiveexpensive 
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Resourcesmoney 
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Resourcesmoney 
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ROM'rough order of magnitude' 
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Scoped Outunderstood 
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Secularnon-scientific or non-technological 
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Senseused instead of 'consensus.' 
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Space CadetsNASA employees 
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Space Winnies or WienersNASA employees (derogatory) 
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SpooksDOD of similar people from other agencies 
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Success-Orientedno provision for possible trouble 
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Suspense Datethe mildest form of imaginary deadline 
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Tall Pole in the Tentdata anomaly 
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ticklerreminder 
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