"David Spain" wrote in message
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While I'm working on my shopping list...

Instead of throwing money away on SLS, why can't NASA spend some $$$ right
now
on studies to see what it would take to convert existing KSC assets like
the
VAB and Mobile Launch Platform / Crawler to being able to take full
advantage
of the EELVs (Atlas-5/Delta-5) or Falcon 9?

For instance is there any advantage to converting Pads 39-a&b to
multi-fuel
capability? Should we build some new mobile launch platforms to
accommodate
the different rockets?

Maybe its cheaper to restart from scratch, but I'd sure like it studied
first.

I don't think SLS gives us that cheaper access to LEO that is the stated
goal
of CCDev. And maybe re-using KSC assets won't either, but who can say?

Dave

David, SLS isn't for LEO: it's for BEO missions.