DIRECT is WAY more expensive the the shuttle program and way more expensive then ARES the shuttles external tank was NEVER designed for a load from the top and will LIKELY fail and needs to be redesign witch ARES already did the shuttle main engines are way to expensive to be disposable the jx2 WAS meant to be tossed away DELTA is OLD technology its time to INNOVATE and IMPROVE technology not be like the USSR and just keep using the same thing day in and day out never improving

FAT PORN and WoW all in one stop

NASA is on the right track with ARIES I rather then the retarded Jupiter ideas or the moronic delta lift crap i hope congress vets this crap and DEMANDS the ARIES

thought it was 9999.99 usd damn i had auto purchase enabled

*glowing finger points at DECAF* friend friend

you might wanna pull over every few miles and check the air in your head....just a suggestion ;)

i will keep my money my guns and my freedom Obama you can keep the CHANGE

double down on it all gets tucked into a defense bill that in realty is a neutering bill coming and going in one bill

12 trillion on red it gets tucked into the climate bill that will pass in the US very shortly after Copenhagen is over

if people do stupid things to themselves its not our place to criticize or do anything about

well ok we will kill ALL nasa funding and let CHNIA USSR AND INDIA AND THE EU all have control over space while we whittle our thumbs and give the money we saved to ACORN CONSUMER REPORTS AND ACIU

our tax dollars at work

just like a computer is only as fast as its slowest component an OS is only as secure as its most stupid user and judging by the i love you virus we are all doomed

theres a cheaper bedder solution ink refill kits they are 25 at worse and can fill your cartages like 5 times

they are trying to set a high bar so that stupid ideas like Jupiter launch system and the delta launch system never become viable and also so commercial space flight remains small because they would have to follow the same requirements