[Robert A Cook PE]

No NASA boosters that capable anymore, eh?

[PIF]

The Ariane 5 is a massive (cough) 7 ton lift engine ...

Two years after the launch, the Russian Fenix new tech engines will be lifting 150+ tons ...

[Slambat]

“No NASA boosters that capable anymore, eh?”

That would put the U.S. out front. It’s like world wide
affirmative action and the U.S. is the white male.
It would be a gross display of superior engineering,
genius in longevity and the rugged individualism needed
to get the job done which would reek havoc on the self
esteem of the rest of the world.
It make make them mad and attack like they did in
Benghazi.

[markman46]

atlas 5 does not have horses to get the JWT to L2.
ULA does not have the rocket. NASA only contract’s for the ride.