Wow are they really ready for human life onboard in a year?

Unmanned failure doesn't bring much press.

Kill a few people and it will set back the whole program years.

Since they don't have to deal with the insulation issues like the shuttle did, the most dangerous phase of flight for a crew is during launch. Last Spring, SpaceX demo'ed their launch abort system which in theory should be able to protect the astronauts against any launch problems;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_FXVjf46T8

They think they will be ready.

Note that the manned Dragon has an abort capability. If the launcher blows up that doesn't necessarily spell doom for the astronauts.