Michael Gallagher writes:

And I would hope that if nothing else comes of Bush's initiative, we
get the CEV in its related boosters online. While a hypothetical
Democratic president might cancel the Moon/Mars program, he might keep
the CEV, just as Clinton killed SEI but kept the station.

Considering that it's inevitable that the Shuttle be retired "soon",
something like CEV is needed. Even if space policy reverts back to
what it was before the Bush plan, you have to have something to go
to/from ISS, so we can keep "exploring" LEO. :-(

Jeff
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