The dispute began when Ford questioned how Toyota could say the Sequoia had 128 cubic feet of cargo space if the Expedition had only 110.7, given that the vehicles' outside dimensions are "within an inch, or less, of each other".
These are solar array panels on the Zarya Functional Cargo Block, photographed by an Expedition 40 crew member aboard the International Space Station.
Ford contends that when the Sequoia is measured with the seats in that position, it has only 107 cubic feet of cargo space -- 3.7 less than the Expedition.
The next day, she shifted to Port Hueneme, California, where she began loading cargo for Operation Highjump, the U.S. Navy expedition to Antarctica.
The Space Shuttle, before its retirement, was also used for cargo transfer and would often switch out expedition crew members, although it did not have the capability to remain docked for the duration of their stay.
John Hawkins commanded the first English slave-trading expedition in 1562 and sold his cargo in the Spanish Indies.
But weather problems and repeated mechanical failures by Adventure Network's cargo carrier, an aging DC-6, left the expedition without supplies east of the Thiel Mountains, which it passed more than a week ago.
During their busy mission, the Expedition 37 crew welcomed a visiting cargo ship from Japan, as well as the first-ever robotic Cygnus spacecraft, a commercial cargo ship built by the U.S. company Orbital Sciences.
The recent expedition consisted of 13 sleds full of cargo containers pulled by five tractors.
The second-row seats fold flat to give the Tahoe 108 cubic feet of cargo room, just 2 cubic feet shy of the Expedition's.
