I hereby 100% pledge my support for DIRECT.
Also, extend the Shuttle by 2 years to finish the ISS.
Problem solved
Man, NASA should hire me as administrator
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These have been my thoughts the whole time:
Ares I & Ares V were designed so crews could reach both the ISS & the Moon. NASA didn't want a huge rocket just to go the the ISS.
But with Ares I not flying until 2015, & the ISS planned to be ended in 2017, then NASA is developing an entire new launch vehicle to see 2 years of use.
Better I think to put all efforts into 1 launcher, that utilises existing, proven hardware. DIRECT could fly in 2013, so extend the Shuttle until 2012 to add a few more components to the ISS, say, 2 flights a year.
Don't forget, in 2015, ESA is planning to have it's own ATV manned capsule going to the ISS, plus there is Soyuz, H-II, Dragon. So why develop a new system to reach the ISS when there is more than enough NASA could hitch a ride on anyway? The ISS is, after all, INTERNATIONAL, so why each country needs their own launch system I don't know. Why not pool all international agency resources- NASA, ESA, JAXA, RSA, into making 1 launcher that can fulfil all the ISS's requirements until 2017, & NASA just concentrate on a Moon launcher?
For more info see
http://www.directlauncher.com/
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WOW!
On the DIRECT website, they have even put a link in to DIRECT's development in Orbiter!!!
On DIRECT website, go to Media tab & see for yourself