Who do NASA think they're fooling?

The X-37 is unpiloted and carries only 5 tonnes. The SLS (proposed)
carries no more than 70 tonnes, 90 tonnes LESS than Saturn V. (who
cares if its 35 ft taller?) The Delta IV heavy 25.8 tones, LESS than
the Space Shuttle.

A true improvement in capability would be a FULLY REUSABLE (all stages
pieces and parts) launcher built around the Space Shuttle EXTERNAL
TANK collection equipped with cross-feeding modified for re-use and
recovery using a reusable aerospike engine built around a collection
of five RS-68 pumps - at each unit.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/31261680/Etdhlrlv-Addendum
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30943696/ETDHLRLV
http://www.scribd.com/doc/35439593/S...-Satellite-GEO

Such a unit lofts 695 tonnes into LEO, and carries 300 tonnes across
the solar system at less cost than a Delta Heavy launch!

This is used to put up a comsat network of 800 satellites - in 25
launches over 2 years - creating a global wireless hotspot and capture
$1 trillion per year in communications.

This is also used to put up a powersat generating $8 billion in
revenues per year over 30 years - at a cost of $0.03 per kWh.