When you said Nevada...
I thought you were going to say that NASA has finally decided to really
fake the Constellation program in the Nevada desert and have a really
affordable way to let the public think we are going back to the Moon.
Probably the only way we are going these days.
As for that "lite" spacecraft, it seems like a good idea, but that is
certainly no guarantee that it will be implemented. You have to make
sure these projects will generate lots of pork for key politicians to begin with. Engineering and science are in the backseat as goals, if that.