Outside panel says Boeing underestimated Delta III design difficulties
Boeing underestimated the difficulties of designing an upgraded Delta III space launch vehicle based on its workhorse Delta II, part of an overall weakness in "design engineering processes" that a panel headed by former U.S. Air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall has identified as the root cause of a...
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