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Originally Posted by Platapus
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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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.