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Re:Dragon V2 Unveil – Webcast by avmich on Friday May 30, 2014 @06:11PM (#7824384)
Because fundamentally, if a craft is safe to send humans to orbit you want to send humans - not cargo, which is cheaper to send with a craft which is less safe.
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Re:Dragon V2 Unveil – Webcast by nickff on Friday May 30, 2014 @06:26PM (#7824447)
You are correct to say that using a human-rated system to launch cargo is usually much more expensive than necessary, as was true of the space shuttle. This does not mean that the cargo causes any safety problems.
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Re:Dragon V2 Unveil – Webcast by avmich on Friday May 30, 2014 @07:07PM (#7824573)
Indirectly, as you have to launch another spacecraft for the same number of people to get to orbit.
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