Ladies and Gentlemen,
O.k., NASA wants something simpler and more reliable, something cheaper and something more flexible than the Space Shuttle of the past 3 decades was... However I don't think that a telephone cell for 3 persons (I mean the Orion Space Capsule - an unworthy and ridiculous continution of the Apollo-era) matched the demands of the present times and the heritage of the old space shuttles: landing on any airport of the Earth as an aircraft, reusability and comfort...
That is why I suggest that NASA develops a smaller space shuttle together with other space agencies for 3 or 5 astronauts... Russia used to plan such a small space shuttle that could have been launched atop the successor of the Sojuz rockets... The European Space agency used to dream about such a small space shuttle, too that could have been launched atop the Ariane 5 rocket... And now NASA has got similar demands, too - why not work together and share costs and benefits?
Let's say NASA, ESA ans Rosscosmos would develop together an International Space Shuttle and these spacecraft could be launched by the own rockets of each space agency - or the best rocket could be chosen for all launches... Anyway I think that the space agencies of the world should work together on a small International Space Shuttle and share costs and benefits... As international and worldwide cooperation turned out to be intelligent, secure and profitable in the past decades...
Best wishes, Joseph de la Mikula and Team
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