MDA meaning in Space Science ?

Answer:

What is Missile Defense Agency mean?

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is the section of the United States government's Department of Defense responsible for developing a layered defense against ballistic missiles. It had its origins in the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) which was established in 1983 by Ronald Reagan and which was headed by Lt. General James Alan Abrahamson. Under the Strategic Defense Initiative's Innovative Sciences and Technology Office headed by physicist and engineer Dr. James Ionson, the investment was predominantly made in basic research at national laboratories, universities, and in industry. These programs have continued to be key sources of funding for top research scientists in the fields of high-energy physics, advanced materials, supercomputing/computation, and many other critical science and engineering disciplines—funding which indirectly supports other research work by top scientists, and which was most politically viable to fund within the Military budget of the United States environment. It was renamed the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization in 1993, and then renamed the Missile Defense Agency in 2002. The current director is U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Jon A. Hill.

Rapid changes in the strategic environment due to the rapid Dissolution of the Soviet Union led, in 1993, to Bill Clinton focusing on theater ballistic missiles and similar threats, and renaming it the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, BMDO. With another change to a more global focus made by George W. Bush, in 2002 the organization became the Missile Defense Agency.

The Missile Defense Agency is partially or wholly responsible for the development of several ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems, including the Patriot PAC-3, Aegis BMD, THAAD and the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system. They also led the development of numerous other projects, including the Multiple Kill Vehicle and the newer Multi-Object Kill Vehicle, the Kinetic Energy Interceptor and the Airborne Laser. As the inheritor of the SDI and BMDO work, the MDA continues to fund fundamental research in high-energy physics, supercomputing/computation, advanced materials, and many other science and engineering disciplines.

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Mechanics Dynamics Aesthetics	Academic & Science
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Music Direct Australia	Business
Missouri Dental Advocates	Business
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Modena Resources Ltd	Business
Ministries Departments and Agencies	Business
Missle Defense Agency	Business
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Mine Development Associates	Community
Muff Divers Association	Community
Mineworkers Development Agency	Community
Muscular Dystrophy Associations	Community
Museum Documentation Association	Community
Medicaid Development and Administration	Community
Machine Data Acquisition	Computer Hardware
Mobile Digital Assistant	Computer Hardware
Multi Dimensional Archive	Computing
Modifiable Data Area	Computing
Monochrome Display Adaptor	Computing
Mini Driver Architecture	Computing
Map Development Area	Computing
Mode Select a	Computing
Manufacturing Defects Analyzer	Computing
Macintosh Desktop Administrator	Computing
Meta Data Architecture	Computing
Message Delivery Agent	Computing
Measure Data Analyzer	Computing
Mobile Data Association	Computing
Multi Dimensional Analytical	Computing
Multi Display Administrator	Computing
Microsoft Dynamics Academy	Computing
Main Distribution Area	Computing
Madinah Development Authority	Country Specific
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Multiple Diode Array	Electronics
Microsoft Access Add-in	File Type
Manitoba Department of Agriculture	General
Major Domestic Appliances	General
Missouri Department of Agriculture	General
Michigan Department of Agriculture	General
Minnesota Department of Agriculture	General
Maryland Department of Agriculture	General
Ministries Departments and	General
Manufacturing Defects Analyses	General
Multiple Displacement Amplification	General
Million Dollar Afro	General
Mailpiece Design Analyst	General
Magnum Direct Amethyst	General
Maximum Depositional Age	General
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Modern Disco Ambassadors	General
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Magen David Adom	General
Mondial De l'Automobile	General
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Media Driving Academy	General
Malta Drifting Association	General
Mazda Design Americas	General
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Multan Development Authority	Governmental
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Medical Devices Agency	Governmental
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Mississippi Development Authority	Governmental
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Monochrome Display Adapter	Information Technology
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Missouri Dental Association	Medical
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Medical Digital Assistant	Military and Defence
Milestone Decision Authority	Military and Defence
Medical Defence Australia	Military and Defence
Measure of Directional Accuracy	Military and Defence
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Maritime Domain Awareness	Military and Defence
Ministerio Dedefensa Aviation	Military and Defence
Message Delivery Area	Networking
Multiple Device Access	Networking
Media Development Authority	Softwares
Main Distribution Assembly	Space Science
Maintainability Design Approach	Space Science
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Missile Defense Agency	Space Science
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Multiple Docking Adapter	Space Science