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Old 12-09-10, 10:47 PM   #18
TLAM Strike
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Originally Posted by Platapus View Post
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.
But Space X has 50 years of NASA and Soviet tech/experience to learn from so it doesn't need to take 20 launches before a person can attempt a flight.
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