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I think he's saying that the name was made to fit the acronym, not the other way around. Which is not uncommon for NASA, as catchy names make it easier to sell a project to the politicians.
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I mean that instead of just being any word they could possibly dredge from those letters, it's good enough to actually be the name all by itself.
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