To do the heavy lifting

Sketchy details of the “new direction” for NASA planned by the administration are beginning to be filled in. A recent talking points memo by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) seeks to clarify some aspects of the new direction in regards to the cancelled Project Constellation. Touted by some as “compromise,” it asserts [...]

To heavy lift or not to heavy lift -- that is the question.
Sketchy details of the “new direction” for NASA planned by the administration are beginning to be filled in. A recent talking points memo by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) seeks to clarify some aspects of the new direction in regards to the cancelled Project Constellation. Touted by some as “compromise,” it asserts that NASA will develop and build a new “Orion lite” crew vehicle whose primary mission will be to serve as an escape pod for the crew of the International Space Station (ISS). And more interestingly, the policy “Begins major work on building a new heavy lift rocket sooner, with a commitment to decide in 2015 on the specific heavy-lift rocket that will take us deeper into space.”
I’m confused. If a heavy lift launch vehicle (HLLV) ...