SpaceX next step for Human rated spacecraft

There is no doubt that SpaceX Starship will go from 12.5 km test flight to a 100km or more by the end of 2021. In the mean time, why not build a improved Dragon spacecraft to test out all the technology needed for a prolonged space flight? 

The trip to the moon may only take a week or two only, but a Mars trip will take at least 6 months or more. Build a spacecraft to test out all the life support systems will speed up the actual Human capable Starship. 

The test spacecraft can take a trip to nowhere, but maybe up to a million km away from earth. Human need to build up the knowledge in space travel, rather than jumping into something big and not tested. At the same time, meet up with new problem that will definitely surface on a long trip. A engine that need repair, a collapsed computer on board, how to treat a sick astronaut when you are 2.8million km away from the hospital? Yes, human need to accumulate the knowledge for long distance space travel. 

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