BlackWater wrote in message . ..

The eagerness to embrace old technology for the launch
vehicle is a sign ...

That this program might actually go forward. If you want to develop
new launch technologies, hey, that's great. But it's insanity to
predicate *another* program on such technologies when current
technologies can do the job. Imagine if (insert favorite space program
HERE) was predicated on using VentureStar or NASP as a launch vehicle.
Oy.

Indeed, the article talked about
using spiffed-up STS shuttles to travel all the way
to mars and back.

No, it didn't.