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by saberdancer 2320 days ago
There was no publicly available data that pointed humans can safely go to space and return inside a cannonball, eject and land via parachute yet Gagarin did just that.

Every new step in space race was pushing the limits of what was thought possible. Of course no one will take on these type of risks today but with enough testing the risk can be reduced and mitigated.