Keeping Orion's weight down should allow for new capabilities later, NASA says
ADDING BACK: NASA hopes that by carefully watching the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle's weight throughout the design process, leftover mass margin can be used for adding new systems and capabilities, as was done during the Apollo program. By the time of the last three Apollo lunar missions, "they...
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