To put a pretty positive spin on it: to use extant launch hardware to carry out some key heavy lift missions while developing future, replacement heavy lift lau

To put a pretty positive spin on it: to use extant launch hardware to carry out some key heavy lift missions while developing future, replacement heavy lift launchers. To put an uncharitable spin on it: to full federal space spending into the same places where its been since the 70s, to not rock the boat. I think one of the reason some people are so cynical about it is that it appears to have succeeded at the second goal while being ineffective at the first.