The excerpt below is from:
http://www.comspacewatch.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1385

This article is dated April 5, 2010.

Please comment, but this is NOT the position of this website nor my views. Take that in consideration prior to posting.

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"DIRECT and other "inline" shuttle-derived concepts are no longer being given serious consideration. With specific regard to DIRECT, despite their voluminous and detailed claims, the costs that they depend upon to make their case are simply incorrect and not credible - and NASA knows this (they checked with the companies involved). This is all about cost right now. Accurate costs."