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I say "father of the stick" because he was the point man selling the concept after The Planetary Society study team (Michael Griffin, William Claybaugh, former astronauts Owen Garriott and Bruce McCandless et al) came up with it. <br /><br />Griffin became NASA administrator, the stick had a series of problems and now there are rumors of even more changes to the design.<br /><br />I guess hoping for a replacement with minimal ATK "exposure" and an open mind towards ELV's would be too much to ask? I hope that at least someone decides to go with the 4 segment + 2x J2 idea. <br /><br />Link....<br /><br /><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p><b>Ex-astronaut Scott Horowitz, administrator Rex Geveden departing.</b><br /><br />By Mike Schneider, Associated Press<br /><br />CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Two top NASA officials, including the man in charge of developing new spacecraft for future missions to the moon and Mars, plan to leave the space agency, a spokeswoman said Thursday.<br /><br />Former astronaut Scott "Doc" Horowitz, who heads NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate will leave by October, and associate administrator Rex Geveden will leave at the end of July.<br /><br />The timing of both decisions was coincidental, and neither was asked to leave by NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, said NASA spokeswoman Beth Dickey.<br /><br />Horowitz leaves at a critical time for the development of next-generation spacecraft as NASA finishes signing development contracts and works around a funding squeeze that forced the agency to push back the first manned flight of the new Orion spacecraft to 2015.<br /><br />"It's a critical time, but the directorate is well-poised to go on in his absence," Dickey said.<br /><br />Horowitz said he wants to move back to Utah and spend more time with his family. Dickey said he expects to be an aerospace consultant.<br /><br /><b><font color="yellow">Read: he's going b</font></b></p></blockquote> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>