LV's

NRO, SMC, & NASA use the same LV's for unmanned spacecraft.

Congressional Budget Office Report on NASA Released - NASA Watch 2009

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If you are commenting about political implications of the different LV's, then you are wrong.

Shuttle-C - NASA Watch 2009

LV's could serve both, but the CEV's and landers are going to be totally different beasts.

Moon Outpost or Bust - NASA Watch 2009

Make no mistake, EELV's are DoD LV's first and commercial LV's second.

Confusion over "The Pentagon's Rockets" - NASA Watch 2009

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No, I am NOT advocating any particular replacement for the Ares LV's, but there are a number of proposals that make sense ... i.e., they utilize a SINGLE booster design, eliminating two different logistical "tails" and equipment.

Augustine Commission Website Now Online - NASA Watch 2009

In order to be used as the CLV, it only requires the development of an upgraded core engine, the RS-68A, which is being developed anyway and the development of a translator unit so that the Orion's IU can talk to the LV's IU.

Ares Troubles Mount - NASA Watch 2009

Considering the reliability that has probably been designed into these LV's, if for no other reason than their commercial and military payloads, though unmanned, ARE high value, I can't believe that they could be any riskier to ride (with proper modifications to interface with the Orion and its escape systems), than the old Atlas-D's that carried the Mercury spacecraft into LEO were!

Flip Flopping on EELV Safety - NASA Watch 2008

Third, Newport also said that, at this stage, RV's are more important than LV's -- its just to far out to got a good feel for who the LV's are.

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