"ed kyle" wrote in message
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With currently planned EELV launch rates averaging only 2
per year per vehicle and with neither EELV agressively
competing for commercial launches, an all-new launch pad
is the last thing NASA needs to pour money into, IMO.

The EELV launch rate will go up. The current doldrums are just an interlude.
Everything - a new pad (actually, two new pads - one Delta , one Atlas),
modified pads, and modifying 39 are all on the table and being traded
vigorously.

When Shuttle is retired, NASA should scrap LC 39 to save
money.

Personally, I don't see 39 coming out on top in this. Making it - and the
integration facility - compatible with two different vehicles is just such a
complex engineering problem.

-Kim-
*my opinions, not my employers'*