Keith’s note: There is apparently some draft legislation floating around the Senate that addresses the development of Heavy Launch Vehicles (HLV) using Orion and Shuttle hardware at NASA. This thread at NASAspaceflight.com discusses a posting of some draft language on FlightGlobal. Take particular note of postings by “51D Mascot” i.e. Jeff Bingham, staffer on the Senate Commerce Science and Transportation Committee, who notes that the most recent draft of this legislation is dated 22 Feb 2010.

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