Jupiter as alternative NASA launch vehicle to Ares

Now will the second version have the capability to go to Alpha Centauri?

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http://www.launchcomplexmodels.com/Direct/what_is_direct.htm

"Fly me to the Moon!"

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/11/AR2008071102394.html

Michael Benson, the author of "Beyond: Visions of the Interplanetary Probes, in the "Washington Post" talks about how propulsion units could be added to the International Space Station such that it could be sent to the Moon or Mars.