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Old 12-09-10, 09:09 PM   #5
Platapus
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Originally Posted by SteamWake View Post
A private enterprise has never put a manned spacecraft into orbit.

That would be different.
In Project Mercury, it took the United States 20 unmanned test flights (starting with Little Joe 1) before we dared to put a man in the can.

I think Space X will do it in less than that.
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