According to the AIAA Space Logistics Technical Committee, space logistics is
- ... the theory and practice of driving space system design for operability, and of managing the flow of materiel, services, and information needed throughout a space system lifecycle.
However, this definition in its larger sense includes terrestrial logistics in support of space travel, including any additional "design and development, acquisition, storage, movement, distribution, maintenance, evacuation, and disposition of space materiel", movement of people in space (both routine and for medical and other emergencies), and contracting and supplying any required support services for maintaining space travel.
Read more about Space Logistics: History, Background, Current Activities, State of The ISS Logistics Capability in 2005, Downmass, See Also, References
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