Delta 4 Heavy -- the engine for humans beyond LEO?

From: Jim Oberg (jameseoberg_at_houston.rr.com)
Date: 12/13/04

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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 22:08:27 GMT

This booster is beginning to look really impressive to me -- the recent
launch holds don't bother me at all.

In its current and EXPANDABLE forms, is this the kind of rocket
that can take people beyond LEO, or assemble the vehicle to do so,
in LEO, when the time comes?

Has a really good, big booster snuck up on us, when many of us
(like me) really weren't paying attention?

JimO

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