Thanks for the welcome guys
Yeah - Since I'm only 24, I obviously wasn't around for the initial lunar program, so it will be a blast (excuse the pun) to actually see the next effort - not withstanding the fact that I'll be nearly 40.
I guess after all the problems of the shuttle program over the last 20 odd years, they want to rely on the proven Apollo technology, plus a bit of hindsight wouldn't hurt. The idea of having the lunar module on top of the solid rocket boosters makes sense safety wise in the facts that:
1) There is no chance of insulating foam falling onto the capsule (since it's at the top of the stack.
2) They astronauts have a fighting chance of a rocket ejection if something goes pear shaped with the boosters.
Either way, it will be exciting to watch - I can just imagine another crop of hoax theorists sharpening their knives and HTML code already ...