It's like Apollo 4 all over again....

[Graham1973]

NASA has announced it's plans for the 2014 Orion test flight. I'm not old enough to remember Apollo 4 or the wild ride of Apollo 6, but this test flight looks mighty familiar in it's profile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U63O0naPtyg&feature=player_embedded

With a Delta-IV Heavy as the launch vehicle for the test, it makes me wish someone would give serious consideration to man rating them.