re: I think that the Mars Society provides exactly what you are looking for
"The EELvs were coming along, and the RLV was scheduled to replace the shuttle in 2005 - no more SRBs.
That is, the RLV was coming along before the Mars Nuts killed it."
ANYBODY - and I mean ANYBODY interesting in ANYTHING in space wants cheaper access to LEO, and thus beyond. You want it, I want it, everyone here wants it.
To suggest Mars advocates were actively trying to kill a resuseable launch vehicle is just idiotic in the extreme - infact the most prolific Mars advocate of all - Zubrin - talks about an RLV when talking about work beyond the first tier of Mars Direct.
Why must you resort to lies EP? Why?
Doug