"We need a spacecraft that's going to be sturdy enough and robust enough" to carry astronauts well beyond low-Earth orbit for weeks and months at a time, said Lockheed Martin's Bryan Austin, a former NASA shuttle flight director who will oversee Orion's maiden voyage.
Its somewhat unique for this mission. NASAs asking for a service and were providing the data back, Bryan Austin, the Lockheed Martin EFT-1 mission manager, at last months KSC briefing.