resupply

Resupply options on the PCT are less frequent than the AT leading to longer sections between resupply than on the AT.

The mission was the ISS resupply, and even if the first stage landed properly if the resupply failed it would have meant a 100% mission failure.

There are a couple 70-80 mile stretches between resupply in VA and the 100 mile wilderness in ME.

Why don't they use the new V2 Dragon with it's escape/abort system in all future resupply missions?

So what's going to happen to the astronauts aboard the ISS - this was a resupply mission.

When you leave thousands to die on an island without relief or resupply, the racism writes itself.

The fact that it didn't work is almost meaningless, whereas a failure of the resupply mission would be a disaster.

That's not the kind of cost reduction that will make interplanetary travel and resupply feasible.

They're two flights behind on ISS resupply, and launched less in 2014 than they'd planned.

At that point, the space shuttle fleet was retired but SpaceX hadn't yet flown a commercial resupply mission to the ISS.

On the plus side its probably great for focus, on the down side its going to be a haul to resupply mid-winter.

So that's the second in a row ISS resupply mission that failed, isn't it?

There is alot of "aid" being used to actually climb this route and to resupply it.

Resupply - replacing consumable supplies, cleaning, and adjusting Renew - giving something new capabilities or changing its operation by replacing parts or software If you're being pedantic about the term, there is no such thing as 'zero maintenance' if you want a system to remain stable.