Comment Re:There's another way... (Score 1) 190
True, it is only on paper but so is Ares at this point. Two of the main components are ready to go right now and the J2-X engine is taken off the critical path, which is the big holdup on Ares. If you read in depth, you'll see that it's put together by people at NASA using the same methodologies that NASA used for ESAS.
