"Jim Kingdon" wrote in message
news
There's one expected this afternoon.

I assume this is the one:
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2005...ontractor.html

In a nutshell, they picked two contractors to compete for a
down-selection in 2006 (which is sooner than had been previously
planned). Moving up the down-selection has been widely reported for
some months now.

Is that what was expected or is there more?

The most interesting line for me was:

NASA's Vision for Space Exploration calls for the CEV to carry up to six
astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit soon after the Space Shuttle is retired in
2010, and then on to the moon as early as 2015.

When did the CEV become a SIX man vehicle?

Helps explain the size increase from 20 to 30 tons.