On 22 Mag, 00:01, kT wrote:

Why not just put some lightweight capsules on both EELVs, and then give
COTS some money to beat those numbers, that should be pretty damn easy.


if you launch the full (unmanned) lunar convoy with the AresX, the
crew could reach it in the parking orbit with a wide variety of
vehicles: a COTS capsule, a small, lightweight and cheap capsule
launched with an EELV, a Soyuz, a Shenzhou, the Space Shuttle (if
still in service) the Bigelow-LockMart "tourists capsule" or whichever
new orbital vehicle available in th next decade