Brian Thorn wrote:
So, the stick is dead, long rest the stick.

Five years later and God Only Knows how many billions wasted. Does
anyone seriously doubt Delta IV-Heavy could have been manrated by now
with that much time and money?

That's the one I would use, and it certainly could have been man-rated
by now.
We man-rated the Saturn V after only two launches, only one of which
worked right.
And if NASA is going to start saying that there is safety to consider,
remember they were the guys who came up with the concept of manned
all-up testing with the first launch of the Shuttle.

Pat