h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

:On 13 Mar 2005 09:01:51 -0800, in a place far, far away, "Ed Kyle"
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
:way as to indicate that:
:
:Reviewing the CEV RFP, it seems that NASA will
:eventually need two Constellation Launch Vehicles.
:The first "CLV" will be used to orbit CEV. It has
:to be ready to go by 2014. The second CLV will be
:needed to boost much heavier payloads like the
:Earth Departure Stage and the Lunar Surface Access
:Module sometime after 2014.
:
:If it wants resiliency in its architecture, then it will need two of
:each.

And if it wants to maintain budget it will need .5 of each....