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Just an FYI, appears that the A3 is getting a major kick off, as the Liberty test vehicle in 2014: http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/liberty-tv.htm Now 3 segments (as the half-segment which was to be part of the Ares V development was never developed) and two Castor 120's on top. Nice render...

While the MPCV utilizes a lot of components from Orion, it is not Orion. For one it is 4 tons heavier. For another it has twice the fuel capacity. Yet another different you may notice is the color, it now uses the fiber ceramic tile material off of the space shuttle rather than the high-cost...