I glad you agree your comment "This "nightmare" would would be in terms of added cost to the govt and added cost to satellite makers." was silly.

The drop in launch cost for magnum should be obvious with a big increase in capacity for basically the same fuel and materials. If you need to do the math divide the shuttle's capacity by Magnum's and multiply by shuttle's cost per lb if that's not too tough for you. I'm sure you can find all those numbers easily based on past performance. Why didn't you bother to try?

Your comment "It's either launching satellites or it's not launching satellites- you can't have both." ignores my near term comment. I doubt any existing satellite designs would be launched on Magnum.

The repetition of the same launch vehicle designation mistake is unlikely because space supporters on both sides of the isle and industry (ie the guys with the contribution money) view it as such. And since your such a stickler for examples please tell me which repetitive mistakes you were talking about.

Regards,
Mark