Predictable Statements

An interesting statement at the end of the Sentinel article;

"However, there are whispers that the administration is exploring plans outside options presented by the Augustine committee, although it is unclear as to what they could include. "

Anyone here have any information on what the "outside" options might be?

I don't understand this fixation -- blind faith, really -- on reusability of launch vehicles. There's an assumption that it will always be cheaper to make stuff reusable than to use it once and discard it. We're not talking about an airplane; being able to reuse stuff will require substantial overdesign. I think there's a good reason that most of the world's reliable launch systems do NOT reuse much.