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		hugh3 on April 6, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX Falcon Heavy announced: 53 metric tons to l... Is there any legal restriction preventing them from putting a person in their next test flight?

ceejayoz on April 6, 2011 [–]

I'd imagine it's more a commercial restriction - they really, really, really don't want to kill someone on the first few dozen flights.

(they don't want to kill anyone ever, of course, but an early death would be an inordinately huge blow to their potential success in the market)

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