Orion preliminary design review slips about two months

Top-level engineers overseeing development of the Orion crew exploration vehicle have decided to slip preliminary design review (PDR) on the six-seat capsule — probably by about two months — to give some contractors more time to work design changes adopted last fall in a major weight-saving exercise...

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